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backhanded

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backhanded
adjective
a backhanded compliment:
indirect, ambiguous, oblique, equivocal;
double-edged, two-edged;
tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic, ironic, sardonic.
▷antonyms direct, straightforward.
backhanded Oxford Dictionary of English