Adjective : backhanded writing. ,backhanded methods; a backhanded compliment. From Dictionary.com.
Drudge backhandedly acknowledges GOP Senator made Alito's wife cry. From Wordnik.com. [Easter Lemming Liberal News] Reference
We backhandedly salute the Obama administration for exposing this. From Wordnik.com. [September 21st, 2009] Reference
Even famously LA-averse Pitchfork. com begrudgingly (and rather backhandedly) approved. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Kim: The Best Bands in the US(LA): the Happy Hollows] Reference
Quite frankly, there's nothing illegal going on -- a fact Courrielche backhandedly admits. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Osborne: Oh, the Horror! NEA Under Fire for Community Organizing] Reference
But the panel did note their absence and also backhandedly referenced their adult user base. From Wordnik.com. [Whatever Happened to Video Search?] Reference
And Hitchens is man enough to concede, even grudgingly and backhandedly, that he liked taking it. From Wordnik.com. [Political change: Hitchens encounters Margaret Thatcher as dominatrix] Reference
But even most Americans who did know joined the Larry Kings of the world in backhandedly mocking her. From Wordnik.com. [The Sucker Bait Called Hope --Making the best of a slow apocalypse] Reference
She slams aside his weak saber parry with the longer sword and rips it through his throat backhandedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Engineer]
He calls him, backhandedly, a man with a "great intuition ... about what he thought was right or wrong.". From Wordnik.com. [An Ally] Reference
The narrator backhandedly vouches for the veracity of what is told by denying any claim to knowing its truth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
You can ` t tell me that in five years, especially if we start treating them backhandedly, that that will stand. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2007] Reference
The authors of this study sort of backhandedly blame the increase on the increasing rates of both diabetes and obesity. From Wordnik.com. [Unsettling news for statinators | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
Her sort of demagoguery tries to scare the public about the president's politics by backhandedly attacking his family members. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: Demagogues Gone Wild] Reference
Had I known that Guy's was somehow backhandedly associated with the Godfather of mega-menu-bibles, I might have been skeptical. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Plumer backhandedly calls Steve M a liar; he includes a link in pargraph four which goes to the NASA publications page for Hansen. From Wordnik.com. [Brazil « Climate Audit] Reference
And she went on to say that he basically stole a moment of glory from them, even though backhandedly he may not have realized that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2007] Reference
But Shane Gibson backhandedly should be complimented for bringing in a lot of tourists and making Anna Nicole Smith a permanent resident. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2007] Reference
She stepped right past the turned blades, right up before the bard, and backhandedly slapped her across the face, and then hit her again. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
They watched silently as Rep. DeLay backhandedly quit under indictment, since his money-laundering criminal charges meant nothing to them. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Scooped By Michelle Malkin!] Reference
Joe Biden backhandedly praised her as "good looking.". From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
Fair enough. backhandedly complimentary of Canada for US readers. From Wordnik.com. [Vancouver Metblogs] Reference
You suggest in your letter, backhandedly, that believing a few whoppers is a fact of life. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Sega even backhandedly acknowledged the disappointing sales of the first game in its press release for the second. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Buckley, I get no joy from reading about one of our players backhandedly insulting another player who hasn't engaged first. From Wordnik.com. [Toeing the Rubber] Reference
The war in Afghanistan is the ONLY thing that National Review and Weekly Standard have praised on Obama on, albeit backhandedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation] Reference
When an Irishman is willing to compliment the United States, however backhandedly, you know that something special has happened. From Wordnik.com. [KentNewsNet.com] Reference
Apple has backhandedly acknowledged that some iPad users are experiencing trouble connecting to Wi-Fi networks with their devices. From Wordnik.com. [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference
Chen went further to backhandedly malign some Marines by asking, "How many listened to Rush Limbaugh or someone of his ilk while at work?". From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
The company backhandedly singled out a U.S. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Sort of backhandedly. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
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