With the hand turned backward; indirect.
Why, the fact is, Mr. Willoughby, they do say, that he got his money in a backhanded sort of fashion. T. S. Arthur in "The Allen House or Twenty Years Ago and Now".
Why, the fact is, Mr. Willoughby, they do say, that he got his money in a backhanded sort of fashion.
Glyddyr turned upon him, and made a backhanded blow at his face. George Manville Fenn in "King of the Castle".
Glyddyr turned upon him, and made a backhanded blow at his face.
To have a particular direction or curve, as a coast- line; to stretch. ...