backhandedness

back·hand·ed

B0012400 (băk′hăn′dĭd)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).

back′hand′ed·ly adv.back′hand′ed·ness n.

单词	backhandedness
释义	backhandedness back·hand·ed B0012400 (băk′hăn′dĭd)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). back′hand′ed·ly adv.back′hand′ed·ness n. IdiomsSeebackhanded
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