back-handed

comparative more back-handed · superlative most back-handed

1. alternativeAlternative form of backhanded.

   For the back-handed stroke, the grip is changed.

   2014, The Sportswoman's Library, Volume 2

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   He had knocked me to the ground with one back-handed punch.

   2005, Thomas Brent Andrews, The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs, →ISBN, page 141

   Axl took this as a back-handed compliment and was momentarily placated.

   2008, Mick Wall, W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose, →ISBN, page 121

   She did not write about South Africa, except in a back-handed way

   1996, Huma Ibrahim, Bessie Head: Subversive Identities in Exile, →ISBN, page 200

   Spiral notebooks with wire binders are also a pain in the a** (arm) because the wire coils are always on the left, so consequently left-handed people have to write with their hand resting on the wire, or in some exaggerated, contorted back-handed position.

   2014, Herb Williams, Only the Faces Change (A High School Odyssey), →ISBN, page 135

   A good bargain was considered equitable and fair; a back-handed cheat was beyond par.

   2010, Lauren Reaville, Barefoot Through the Stubble, →ISBN, page 254

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of back-hand

comparative more back-handed · superlative most back-handed

1. alternativeAlternative form of backhanded.