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backhand
Part of speech: NounHandwriting which slopes upward to the left.
Part of speech: AdjectiveMade with the back of the hand, or with the hand turned backward; as, a backhand stroke; indirect.
Part of speech: Adjective Usage examples "backhand":- It was a casual, backhand blow, but it almost caved in my chest. - "Backlash", Winston Marks.
- Bloom releases his hand and writes idly on the table in backhand, pencilling slow curves. - "Ulysses", James Joyce.
- He released his grip on the girl's neck and swung a clumsy, backhand blow at her head. - "This World Must Die!", Horace Brown Fyfe.