Backhand

Backhand - Other Definitions

• (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
  
  
• (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
  
  
• (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
  
  
• (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.