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
r out of view of the public; behind the scenes
Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal many private deals were made backstage at the convention
r in or to a backstage area of a theater
costumes were changed backstage