hand | hands | by hand; manual; manually | to shake hands | secretly | on the quiet | underhand | underhandly; backhandedly | a steady hand | at first hand; firsthand | secondhand | to buy secondhand | at hand | empty-handed | to give someone plenty of rope | to let sth. out of one's hands | without rhyme or reason | to lead a hand-to-mouth existence | to be all thumbs | with sure touch [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Backhanded \Back"hand`ed\, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
[1913 Webster]
2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded
compliment.
[1913 Webster]
3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, backhanded
letters.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
backhanded \back"hand`ed\, a. & adv. (Sport)
Stroked with a backhand[2]; as, a backhanded drive.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backhanded
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of
hand facing direction of stroke [syn: {backhand(a)},
{backhanded}] [ant: {forehand(a)}, {forehanded}]
2: roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted
to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded
and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
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