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What is backhandedness?

What is backhandedness? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The quality of being backhanded;
    1. The use of a backward flip of the hand.
    2. Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
    3. Indirection.
    4. (of writing) Leftward slant.
    5. Backwardness of direction.
    6. Deceit or neglect.
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The backhandedness of the compliment suddenly struck him, and he squeezed his eyes shut at the gaffe.
Bjorn Borg, 18, wins French, and the three of them change the game, guiding the world to two-fisted backhandedness.
The backhandedness of this procedure reflects the fact that null hypothesis tests are motivated by rhetorical considerations.
If it is, as one supposes, the same scribe who wrote the verso, his backhandedness had been cured by putting the tablet in a better position.

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