backhanded

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Synonyms: backhander, back-handed, cackhanded, backhand, cack-handed, barehanded, back-hander, cack handed, backhands, backhanders, blackhander

Antonyms: backhander, back-handed, cackhanded, backhand, cack-handed, barehanded, back-hander, cack handed, backhands, backhanders, blackhander

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. With the [[back]] of the [[hand]].
2. Involving a [[backward]] flip of the hand.
3. [[insincere|Insincere]], [[sarcastic]], [[ironic]], or [[self-contradictory]].
4. [[indirect|Indirect]].
5. [[backwards|Backwards]], turned around.
6. {{lb|en|of writing}} [[inclining]] to the [[left]]
7. [[retrospective|Retrospective]], occurring [[after the fact]] rather than [[in advance]].
8. [[self-serving|Self-serving]], [[corrupt]], [[slipshod]], or [[neglectful]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|backhand||ed-form}}

Adverb

1. In a backhanded manner.

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