Backhanded

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[adj] roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from tht source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
[adj] (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

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backhand(a), indirect

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