English

Adjective

back-handed ‎(comparative more back-handed, superlative most back-handed)

1. Alternative form of backhanded
   • 2005, Thomas Brent Andrews, The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs, ISBN 0976705605, page 141:

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

   • 2014, The Sportswoman's Library, Volume 2:

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

   • 2008, Mick Wall, W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose, ISBN 1429928840, page 121:

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

   • 1996, Huma Ibrahim, Bessie Head: Subversive Identities in Exile, ISBN 0813916852, page 200:

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

   • 2014, Herb Williams, Only the Faces Change (A High School Odyssey), ISBN 1312383674, page 135:

     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.

   • 2010, Lauren Reaville, Barefoot Through the Stubble, ISBN 1770670033, page 254:

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

Verb

back-handed

1. simple past tense and past participle of back-hand

Adverb

back-handed ‎(comparative more back-handed, superlative most back-handed)

1. Alternative form of backhanded