Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With the hand directed backward: as, to strike backhandedly.
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- adverb In a
backhanded manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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David Malpass's " A Smarter Debt Limit Strategy " op-ed, June 1 calling for the debt ceiling to be tied to current debt-to-GDP ratio, proposes, backhandedly, essentially the same blind and outrageous budget cuts being proposed by some freshman Republican representatives.
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We backhandedly salute the Obama administration for exposing this.
September 21st, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Having an MLK day is important, especially since 42 years after his death, we still get chuckleheads like yourself who backhandedly denigrate the man in the name of “color-blindness”.
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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David Malpass's " A Smarter Debt Limit Strategy " op-ed, June 1 calling for the debt ceiling to be tied to current debt-to-GDP ratio, proposes, backhandedly, essentially the same blind and outrageous budget cuts being proposed by some freshman Republican representatives.
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Having an MLK day is important, especially since 42 years after his death, we still get chuckleheads like yourself who backhandedly denigrate the man in the name of “color-blindness”.
Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery 2010
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Even famously LA-averse Pitchfork. com begrudgingly (and rather backhandedly) approved.
Jonathan Kim: The Best Bands in the US(LA): the Happy Hollows 2010
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After Wadhams opened the segment by backhandedly admonishing Tancredo for not returning his calls last week, Tancredo returned fire by urging state party chair to disclose conversations the two had about the Republican candidates for Governor.
Tom Tancredo-Dick Wadhams Interview Alludes To Divisions In GOP 2010
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Her sort of demagoguery tries to scare the public about the president's politics by backhandedly attacking his family members.
Robert J. Elisberg: Demagogues Gone Wild Robert J. Elisberg 2010
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whose suggestion Obama's move was based on, stopped short of lauding his 2008 rival, backhandedly saying he "appreciate [s]" the decision while rebuking it as "simply not enough" to address Arizona's border issues.
Sahil Kapur: A Fruitless Compromise on Immigration: Obama Deploys Troops to Border 2010
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He calls him, backhandedly, a man with a "great intuition ... about what he thought was right or wrong."
An Ally 2010
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