backhanded

Meanings

Verb

• hit a tennis ball backhand
• simple past and past participle of backhand

Adjective

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

Adjective Satellite

• roundabout or ambiguous
  • "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"
  • "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"

Adj

• With the back of the hand.
• Involving a backward flip of the hand.
• Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
• Indirect.
• Backwards, turned around.
• inclining to the left
• Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
• Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

Adv

• In a backhanded manner.

Synonyms

backhand

Antonyms

forehand

Related Words

backhand

Anagrams of backhanded