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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aristocratic criticism of royal rapacity was a backhanded tribute to that success.
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He was right in a backhanded sort of way.
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It is a backhanded note of dismissal, an explanation that is really an excuse.
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The data might be read as a backhanded success for the Thatcher government.
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The first crisis was a backhanded present from Yeltsin himself.
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This backhanded compliment is, in fact, a tribute to the imagination and commitment of community educators.