| In sufficient concentration, garish urban kitsch alchemises into the backhandedly beautiful. |
| And yet it is also true that here, and elsewhere in the collection, the reader notes how unmusically, how uncomfortably, Gordimer can write, how backhandedly she can achieve her effects. |
| He confirms, backhandedly, that it's simplest to treat ensembles as we do individual artists. |
| Monitor, so, rather backhandedly, I guess, you could say that this Massachusetts derringer has a convoluted connection with the South after all. |
| While one might claim backhandedly that one very angry individual represents ten more reasonable people who left for similar reasons, that does not balance against those who left silently. |
| He teases the astrophysicists with his advanced technology then withholds the information because he deems us unworthy, then backhandedly compliments our biodiversity. |
