roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
disapproval If you say that someone is doing something in a backhanded way, they are doing it indirectly. In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning
A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult. Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
The puck is carried on the stick during stick handling on either the forehand or backhand side The "backhand" side of the stick is the side, which is on the outside of the stick curve
a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke hit a tennis ball backhand (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down to right
Your typical badminton player has, besides a left hand and a right hand, a backhand and a forehand as well With right handed players the backhand is on the left hand side and with left handed players vice versa (with one-armed players the backhand is on the stump side by definition) Backhand is very difficult
The puck is carried on the stick during stick handling on either the forehand or backhand side The "backhand" side of the stick is the side which is on the outside of the stick curve