- backhanded back·hand·ed adj
- [ˌbæk'hændɪd]
(blow) con il dorso della mano, (Tennis: stroke) di rovescio
backhanded compliment — complimento ambiguo
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
backhanded back·hand·ed adj
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back´hand´ed|ness — back|hand|ed «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative.… … Useful english dictionary
back´hand´ed|ly — back|hand|ed «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative.… … Useful english dictionary
back|hand|ed — «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative. sounding like praise … Useful english dictionary
back|hand — «BAK HAND», noun, adjective, adverb, verb. –n. 1. a) a stroke in tennis and other games played with a racket or paddle, made with the back of the hand turned outward and the arm usually held across the body: »His backhand is his most effective… … Useful english dictionary
backhanded — back•hand•ed [[t]ˈbækˌhæn dɪd[/t]] adj. 1) performed with the back of the hand turned or facing forward: a backhanded stroke[/ex] 2) sloping in a downward direction from left to right: backhanded writing[/ex] 3) oblique or ambiguous in meaning: a … From formal English to slang
backhanded — back|hand|ed [ˌbækˈhændıd US ˈbækhændıd] adj 1.) a backhanded remark or ↑compliment seems to express praise or admiration but in fact is insulting 2.) a backhanded shot is a backhand shot … Dictionary of contemporary English
backhanded — adj. 1 (of a blow etc.) delivered with the back of the hand, or in a direction opposite to the usual one. 2 indirect; ambiguous (a backhanded compliment). 3 = BACKHAND adj … Useful english dictionary
backhanded — adj. performed with the back of the hand facing out; doubtful; insincere … English contemporary dictionary
backhanded — backhandedly, adv. backhandedness, n. /bak han did/, adj. 1. performed with the hand turned backward, crosswise, or in any oblique direction so that the palm of the hand faces in the direction of the body and the back of the hand faces in the… … Universalium
backhand — /bak hand /, n. 1. a stroke, slap, etc., made with the palm of the hand turned toward the body and the back of the hand turned in the direction of the stroke, slap, etc. 2. (in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made from the side of the body… … Universalium
