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backhanded
[ bak-han-did ]
adjective
- performed with the hand turned backward, crosswise, or in any oblique direction so that the palm of the hand faces in the direction of the body and the back of the hand faces in the direction of forward movement.
- sloping in a downward direction from left to right:
backhanded writing.
- oblique or ambiguous in meaning; indirect; insincere or malicious; wry:
backhanded methods; a backhanded compliment.
- 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
- with the hand across the body; backhand:
He caught the ball backhanded.
backhanded
/ ËŒ²úæ°ìˈ³óæ²Ô»åɪ»å /
adjective
- (of a blow, shot, stroke, etc) performed with the arm moving across the body
- double-edged; equivocal
a backhanded compliment
- (of handwriting) slanting to the left
- (of a rope) twisted in the opposite way to the normal right-handed direction
adverb
- in a backhanded manner
Derived Forms
- ËŒ²ú²¹³¦°ìˈ³ó²¹²Ô»å±ð»å±ô²â, adverb
- ËŒ²ú²¹³¦°ìˈ³ó²¹²Ô»å±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú²¹³¦°ìh²¹²Ô»åe»å·±ô²â adverb
- ²ú²¹³¦°ìh²¹²Ô»åe»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of backhanded1
Example Sentences
Classics YouTube channel, though these are mostly — maybe entirely — extracted highlights rather than full cartoons, which is its own kind of backhanded insult.
Between the actor’s silent conversations and the nuances of envy and backhanded slights White conveys through dialogue, these friends brutally play out the intimacy gap that can doom vintage friendships.
In past seasons, that description might have landed as a backhanded compliment — a “nice try†in the wake of some form-breaking comedy’s ascension as a critical darling.
Critics liked it well enough, but often in a backhanded way, calling it a very good television movie.
It’s an inescapable backhanded label, causing a bitter division between the haves and the have-nots or in this case, the tall and short.
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