backhanded

/หˆbรฆkหŒhรฆndษ™d/

IPA: /B AE1 K HH AE0 N D AH0 D/

verb
  1. 1

    To execute a backhand stroke or throw

  2. 2

    To slap with the back of one's hand

adjective
  1. 1

    With the back of the hand.

  2. 2

    Involving a backward flip of the hand.

  3. 3

    Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.

  4. 4

    Indirect.

  5. 5

    Backwards, turned around.

  6. 6

    (of writing) inclining to the left

  7. 7

    Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.

  8. 8

    Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

adverb
  1. 1

    In a backhanded manner.

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