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Definition of backhanded in English: backhandedadjectivebakˈhandɪdbækˈhændəd 1Made with the back of the hand facing in the direction of movement. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
- Less than four minutes in, he delivered a beautiful backhanded pass that resulted in a three-point play.
- Last Thursday he showed his moxie when he made a diving backhanded catch on a one-hopper.
- The center fielder jumped against the wall attempting a backhanded catch.
- The second baseman raced over to make a nice backhanded save and threw him out.
- He has good range and has made some superb throws after making a backhanded grab on the run.
- It proved to be an impossible task, for the cloaked fighter finished the battle with a single backhanded blow as soon as the ref started the match.
- He also isn't playing good defense, failing to make the backhanded stops he has made most of the season.
2Having a meaning that is expressed indirectly or ambiguously. coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment Example sentencesExamples - That's sort of a backhanded compliment, so thank you… what was reason number two?
- She was the best thing about the show, which sounds like a backhanded compliment but isn't.
- It sold 55,000, and people started calling him the best rapper in Britain - a bit of a backhanded compliment, taking into account the whole suitcase-and-waterpistol state of British rap.
- It's usually a backhanded compliment to say that the lighting is great, but in this case, it's the simple truth.
- It was not an insult per se, but definitely a backhanded compliment.
- If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, it is intended as a compliment nonetheless.
- Jude nodded and smiled confidently, even if he was slightly confused by Stephen's backhanded compliment.
- Something about Gran's tone suggested that this was only a backhanded compliment.
- The backhanded compliment had made her blood rise with both embarrassment and a little bit of annoyance.
- It was a backhanded compliment and not a very good one at that.
- I guess this is kind of a backhanded compliment on the performances, but the reality is that the stage performance didn't help at all with the film.
- One time we played with a traditional puppet master from Japan, and he told us that we ‘seemed to really enjoy what we do’, which I guess is kind of a backhanded compliment.
- She laughs nervously at the backhanded compliment.
- Has anybody here gotten a post-show compliment that was meant sincerely but felt like a backhanded compliment?
- I mean, neither of us is in the prime of youth anymore and this was a bit of a backhanded compliment.
- The best thing about it, though (and this is going to sound like such a backhanded compliment…) is the opening credits.
- The poem is a riposte to Lord Beauchamp's backhanded compliment to Australians, ‘Your birthstain you have turned to good.’
- This was a backhanded compliment: it implied that everyone was capable of appreciating the highest works of art, whatever their class or ethnic background.
- I don't really think he meant it as a backhanded compliment, but it was funny, all the same.
- Thank you for the backhanded compliment in admitting I'm intelligent.
Synonyms indirect, ambiguous, oblique, equivocal double-edged, two-edged tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic, ironic, sardonic
adverbbakˈhandɪdbækˈhændəd With the back of the hand or with the hand turned backwards. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
- His stabbing was also done backhanded.
Rhymes candid, candied, heavy-handed, high-handed, offhanded, red-handed, short-handed, unbranded, underhanded Definition of backhanded in US English: backhandedadjectivebakˈhandədbækˈhændəd 1Made with the back of the hand facing in the direction of movement. Example sentencesExamples - The second baseman raced over to make a nice backhanded save and threw him out.
- He also isn't playing good defense, failing to make the backhanded stops he has made most of the season.
- Last Thursday he showed his moxie when he made a diving backhanded catch on a one-hopper.
- It proved to be an impossible task, for the cloaked fighter finished the battle with a single backhanded blow as soon as the ref started the match.
- Less than four minutes in, he delivered a beautiful backhanded pass that resulted in a three-point play.
- The center fielder jumped against the wall attempting a backhanded catch.
- Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
- He has good range and has made some superb throws after making a backhanded grab on the run.
2Indirect; ambiguous or insincere. coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment Example sentencesExamples - She was the best thing about the show, which sounds like a backhanded compliment but isn't.
- It's usually a backhanded compliment to say that the lighting is great, but in this case, it's the simple truth.
- The backhanded compliment had made her blood rise with both embarrassment and a little bit of annoyance.
- I mean, neither of us is in the prime of youth anymore and this was a bit of a backhanded compliment.
- Jude nodded and smiled confidently, even if he was slightly confused by Stephen's backhanded compliment.
- It was not an insult per se, but definitely a backhanded compliment.
- I don't really think he meant it as a backhanded compliment, but it was funny, all the same.
- Thank you for the backhanded compliment in admitting I'm intelligent.
- Has anybody here gotten a post-show compliment that was meant sincerely but felt like a backhanded compliment?
- It was a backhanded compliment and not a very good one at that.
- If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, it is intended as a compliment nonetheless.
- The best thing about it, though (and this is going to sound like such a backhanded compliment…) is the opening credits.
- She laughs nervously at the backhanded compliment.
- This was a backhanded compliment: it implied that everyone was capable of appreciating the highest works of art, whatever their class or ethnic background.
- Something about Gran's tone suggested that this was only a backhanded compliment.
- That's sort of a backhanded compliment, so thank you… what was reason number two?
- I guess this is kind of a backhanded compliment on the performances, but the reality is that the stage performance didn't help at all with the film.
- The poem is a riposte to Lord Beauchamp's backhanded compliment to Australians, ‘Your birthstain you have turned to good.’
- One time we played with a traditional puppet master from Japan, and he told us that we ‘seemed to really enjoy what we do’, which I guess is kind of a backhanded compliment.
- It sold 55,000, and people started calling him the best rapper in Britain - a bit of a backhanded compliment, taking into account the whole suitcase-and-waterpistol state of British rap.
Synonyms indirect, ambiguous, oblique, equivocal
adverbbakˈhandədbækˈhændəd With the back of the hand or with the hand turned backward. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
- His stabbing was also done backhanded.
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