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backhanded
 
Adjective backhanded has 2 senses
  1. backhand, backhanded - (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  2. backhanded - roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
    Antonym:     direct (indirect, via indirect)
Verb backhand has 1 sense
  1. backhand - hit a tennis ball backhand
    --1 is one way to     hit
    Derived form: noun backhand1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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