side-handed

With a motion so smooth and fast Marco could barely track it, the man at his side whipped the metal bar in a side-handed toss.

2014, Lee Thomas, Butcher's Road, →ISBN, page 61

A sideways or side-handed throw may be necessary to avoid obstacles, toss it into a small opening, or throw it around a corner of a building or trench angle.

2015, Gordon L. Rottman, Johnny Shumate, The Hand Grenade, →ISBN, page 40

Mallory tensed, and as the policeman passed the door, he stepped out, brought his hand over and down in a side-handed blow to the base of the neck that had every ounce of power in his shoulders behind it.

1967, Harlan Ellison, Dangerous Visions, page 488

She'd been poised to deliver another side-handed slice to Mouse's head, and only with reluctance did she lower her arm and move back.

2014, Barbara Delinsky, Secret Promises, →ISBN, page 489

When he says about his wife of more than fifty years, "Whatever Maxine wants, Maxine gets," he's not making a side-handed comment about their marriage.

2007, Sherry Lee Hoppe, Bruce W. Speck, Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils, →ISBN, page 151

Elba Rae Van Oaks — in her quest to capture the elusive Laveetra — had not entertained the possibility of a sensible conversation with her aunt, who did not appear poised to disappoint, but neither had she expected a side-handed accolade.

2010, Robert Hastings, Back When Mary Alice Was Still a Blonde, →ISBN, page 205

However, Strathclyde has always said that, while it has stepped up security for officers, through the introduction of ``quick cuffs, side-handed batons, and knife-resistant vests, CS sprays were not on its ``menu.

1996 August 22, “Force is the only one willing to follow English lead in use of canisters Grampian may arm officers with CS spray”, in Herald Scotland

Michael Howard will be given a demonstration of the use of the extended baton and the more controversial side-handed baton at the Home Office.

2015 June 14, Colin Brown, “Howard to approve longer police baton: Home Secretary urges more effective protection”, in The Independent

Wading upstream, it was obvious I would have to cast side-handed and under-handed, with an occasional bow-and-arrow "shot."

1972, Colorado Game, Fish Department, Colorado Outdoors - Volumes 21-22, page 36

I could see Tom in the Bisto mirror on the wall as he took a bottle off the shelf side-handed without breaking stride, and placed it on the counter.

2013, Sean O'Connor, Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood, →ISBN