backhandedness

noun7

1. •
   The quality of being backhanded
2. •
   Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.

   • The backhandedness of the compliment suddenly struck him, and he squeezed his eyes shut at the gaffe. — 2007
3. •
   Deceit or neglect.

   • Russell's clandestine attempt to initiate diplomatic contact with the Confederacy left an image of backhandedness that substantiated Seward's direst premonitions about British self-interest. — 2010
4. •
   Indirection.

   • The backhandedness of this procedure reflects the fact that null hypothesis tests are motivated by rhetorical considerations. — 2012
5. •
   The use of a backward flip of the hand.

   • Bjorn Borg, 18, wins French, and the three of them change the game, guiding the world to two-fisted backhandedness. — 1997
6. •
   Leftward slant.

   • If it is, as one supposes, the same scribe who wrote the verso, his backhandedness had been cured by putting the tablet in a better position. — 1995
7. •
   Backwardness of direction.