backhanded

Example Sentences

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Last Thanksgiving was full of backhanded compliments and pointed remarks.

From MarketWatch

Crawford punctuated the victory with a sliding backhanded stop and long throw across the diamond to get Nolan Arenado for the Cardinals’ 27th out.

From Seattle Times

This may seem like a strange or backhanded thing for a director to say about a script, except for the fact that it was one that Ritchie co-wrote.

From Seattle Times

I realized that can be used as a compliment or a backhanded sort of insult, like, it's a poet's memoir.

From Salon

I’m not out there fishing for compliments, and especially not backhanded ones.

From Washington Post