adj.

1. Sports. Made with or using a backhand: a backhanded shot into the opponent's court.
2. Oblique or roundabout: a backhanded compliment.

backhandedly back'hand'ed·ly adv.
backhandedness back'hand'ed·ness n.

adj

Definition: indirect; double-edged
Antonyms: direct, straightforward

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  Synonym: backhand

Meaning #2: roundabout or ambiguous

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - baghånds-, skrevet med stejlskrift, akavet, tvivlsom
adv. - på en tvivlsom måde, med baghånden, på en akavet måde

Nederlands (Dutch)
met de rug van de hand, indirect, dubbelzinnig, geniepig, in tegengestelde richting

Français (French)
adj. - de revers, (de manière) déloyale, équivoque
adv. - déloyalement, de revers, de manière équivoque

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Rückhand..., indirekt, zweifelhaft
adv. - zweifelhaft, indirekt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διφορούμενος, ύπουλος, με την ανάποδη του χεριού, (για γραφή) αριστερής κλίσης

Italiano (Italian)
ambiguo, manrovescio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de revés, desajeitado, inclinado esquerda, irônico (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
двусмысленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inclinado hacia la izquierda, indirecto, ambiguo, equívoco
adv. - con inclinación hacia la izquierda, indirectamente, ambiguamente, equívocamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - backhand-, tvetydig, spydig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
反手拍击的, 间接的, 用手背, 以反手

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 反手拍擊的, 間接的
adv. - 用手背, 以反手

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 손등으로 친, 거꾸로의, 왼쪽으로 기운
adv. - 역타로

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - バックハンドの, 手の甲での, 左傾斜の
adv. - バックハンドで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مباشرة, بظهر اليد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של גב-היד, בגב-היד‬
adv. - ‮של גב-היד, בגב-היד‬

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