backhanded
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dɪd adjective
1.
2.
sloping in a downward direction from left to right: backhanded writing.
3.
oblique or ambiguous in meaning; indirect; insincere or malicious; wry: backhanded methods; a backhanded compliment.
4.
Ropemaking. noting a rope in which the yarns and the strands are laid in the same direction, the rope itself being laid in the opposite direction.
adverb
5.
with the hand across the body; backhand: He caught the ball backhanded.
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Backhanded
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noun
1.
2.
(in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made from the side of the body opposite to that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc.
3.
handwriting that slopes toward the left.
adjective
4.
adverb
7.
from across the body; backhanded: She returned the ball backhand on the first serve.
verb (used with object)
9.
to hit, produce, or accomplish with a backhand.
10.
to catch (a ball or the like) backhanded.
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backhand (ˈbækˌhænd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sport |
| a. a stroke made across the body with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | |
| b. (as modifier): a backhand return | |
| 2. | the side on which backhand strokes are made |
| 3. | handwriting slanting to the left |
| —adv | |
| 4. | with a backhand stroke |
| —vb | |
| 5. | sport to play (a shot) backhand |
| backhanded (ˌbækˈhændɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a blow, shot, stroke, etc) performed with the arm moving across the body |
| 2. | double-edged; equivocal: a backhanded compliment |
| 3. | (of handwriting) slanting to the left |
| 4. | (of a rope) twisted in the opposite way to the normal right-handed direction |
| —adv | |
| 5. | in a backhanded manner |
| back'handedly | |
| —adv | |
| back'handedness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
It's the first real sign of ordinariness in an otherwise inventive film, so its conspicuousness is almost a backhanded compliment.
And that the chairman's backhanded swipe at it in his opening statement is not justified.
It is a cynical and backhanded means of pressuring the workers to accept austerity measures.
Do not deliver any of your manipulative, backhanded, pathetic apologies that are more abusive than your lies.
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