About The Word Backhanded
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Backhanded
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What's The Definition Of Backhanded?
[adj] roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
[adj] (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke Synonyms | Synonyms for Backhanded: backhand(a) | indirect Related Terms | Find terms related to Backhanded: abusive | ambagious | atrocious | backhand | calumnious | circuitous | circular | contumelious | deflectional | degrading | deviant | deviating | deviative | devious | digressive | discursive | divagational | divergent | excursive | helical | humiliating | indirect | insolent | insulting | left-handed | meandering | oblique | offensive | orbital | O-shaped | out-of-the-way | outrageous | rotary | round | roundabout | scurrile | scurrilous | side | sidelong | sinister | sinistral | spiral | unspeakable See Also | Backhanded In Webster's Dictionary \Back"hand`ed\, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded
compliment.
3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded
letters.
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