“People started calling him the best rapper in Britain, a bit of a backhanded compliment, taking into account the whole suitcase-and-waterpistol state of British rap.”
“Horace, however, speaks of his predecessor with a mixture of backhanded praise and overt blame.”
“But this is only a backhanded way of saying that there is little consonance between school performance and job performance.”
backhand
(handwriting) Of any left slanting handwriting
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
