Meaning

Sideways from the hand..

Definitions by Sense

1. Sideways from the hand.
2. Done with the side of the hand.
3. Indirect; subtle.
4. (UK, of a baton or nightstick) Expanding.
5. (of an action executed with the hand) Sideways.
6. Using the side of the hand.
7. simple past and past participle of side-hand

Example Sentences

Lightning drew in on his tail and I gave my lariat a side-handed pitch.

With a motion so smooth and fast Marco could barely track it, the man at his side whipped the metal bar in a side-handed toss.

A sideways or side-handed throw may be necessary to avoid obstacles, toss it into a small opening, or throw it around a corner of a building or trench angle.

Mallory tensed, and as the policeman passed the door, he stepped out, brought his hand over and down in a side-handed blow to the base of the neck that had every ounce of power in his shoulders behind it.

It was a clumsy, side-handed, chopping blow, but Louis was unprepared for it.

She'd been poised to deliver another side-handed slice to Mouse's head, and only with reluctance did she lower her arm and move back.

When she appeared again, she made some side-handed inquiries regarding Otto (with that gentle artifice oft employed by women); but he was gone.

When he says about his wife of more than fifty years, "Whatever Maxine wants, Maxine gets," he's not making a side-handed comment about their marriage.

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Use side-handed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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