Definition of Backhanded in English :

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Backhanded meaning in English

Meaning of Backhanded in English

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Backhanded

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Adjective

1. backhand, backhanded

(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

2. backhanded

roundabout or ambiguous

Example Sentences:
'attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity'
'a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Backhanded

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adjective
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
adverb
5. 
in a backhanded manner

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Backhanded

see synonyms of backhanded
adjective
1. 
backhand
2. 
expressing or expressed in an indirect or sarcastic way; not sincere; equivocal
a backhanded compliment
3.  Sport
performed by backhanding the ball
a backhanded catch
adverb
4. 
with a backhand

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Backhanded

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adj.
1. Sports Made with or using a backhand: a backhanded shot into the opponent's court.
2. Oblique or roundabout: "Maybe [avant-garde novels'] frustrating lack of plot is a backhanded tribute to plots" (Harvey Cox).
3. Having derogatory or insulting implications: "Everyone...said how wonderful, how glamorous she looked, but even that was a sort of backhanded compliment, with the unspoken addendum, for your age" (Freda Warrington).

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