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backhanded definition

back·handed (-han′did)

adjective

  1. backhand
  2. expressing or expressed in an indirect or sarcastic way; not sincere; equivocal a backhanded compliment
  3. Sports performed by backhanding the ball a backhanded catch

adverb

with a backhand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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