backhanded

backhanded has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
• a.. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
• a.. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
• a.. roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
• a.. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke