(hit a tennis ball backhand)
((of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke)
(roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal")
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