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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.