a (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
s roundabout or ambiguous
attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal
The architect of this was, of course, Karl Rove, whom McClellan praises in a variety off backhanded ways.
In a backhanded compliment, Markopolos said the SEC is a "bad regulator, but the best of a very sorry lot," though at one point he also suggested that it might be better to disband .
The backhanded comment refers to the well-publicized fact that the Nazi regime had supplied the automakers with slave labor.
Kuchar gets ‘major’ chance ARDMORE, Pa. — Matt Kuchar isn’t surprised his name is now getting placed near the top of this backhanded list — the angst-filled and pressure-driven list of the Best Player Never to Have Won a Major. “There are a lot of us in that boat,” Kuchar said yesterday on the eve...
June 13, 2013 - New York Post
Amanda Bynes: I Only Like Drake Because He’s So Ugly Amanda Bynes was back to her head-scratching hijinks on Twitter Monday, again tagging superstar rapper Drake in a tweet which (we think) contained a backhanded compliment . “I only like… READ ON
June 11, 2013 - RadarOnline.com
Bob Kerrey in International Herald Tribune I answered a question about your qualifications to be president in a way that has been interpreted as a backhanded insult of you. I assure you I meant to do just the opposite,Kerrey wrote.
Monte Irvin in SI.com He backhanded the ball with the bases loaded,Irvin said, "fell down and knocked himself out. But he still held on to the ball. Incredible."
Brad Richardson in ESPN I backhanded it as hard as I could, but he [Osgood] made a great save,said Richardson. "It was just laying there and I poked it and it squeaked under him."