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A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

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  1. n. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
  2. a. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
  3. a. Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
  4. adj. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  5. adj. (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
  6. n. a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
  7. v. hit a tennis ball backhand
  8. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right. 1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting. 2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
  9. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of theletters is from left to right.
  10. r:20/j:57/v:23 n. a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke v. hit a tennis ball backhand a. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke