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Backhand
Backhand
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of
handwriting
.
2.
Backhanded
; indirect; oblique.
Backhand
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A kind of
handwriting
in which the
downward
slope of the letters is from left to right.
Backhanded
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
With the hand turned backward; as a backhanded blow.
Backhanded
[Adverb]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
With the hand directed backward; as, to strike backhanded
Backhanded
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
2. Indirect;
awkward
;
insincere
;
sarcastic
; as, a backhanded
compliment
.
3. Turned back, or
inclining
to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
Backhandedness
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
State of being
backhanded
; the using of
backhanded
or indirect methods.
Backhander
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A
backhanded
blow.
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