backhanded
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- With the back of the hand.
- Involving a backward flip of the hand.
- Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
- Indirect.
- Backwards, turned around.
- inclining to the left
- Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
- Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
Verb
- simple past and past participle of backhand
Adverb
- In a backhanded manner.
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