🎾 A tennis shot 🎾 To hit across-body ✍️ Slanting letters 🎾 Across-body hit

backhand

8.0

Letters that slant to the left in writing

adjective
/ˈbækˌhænd/

: inclinado hacia la izquierda

Her handwriting is distinctly backhand.

Examples

The teacher pointed out that his backhand writing made the essay difficult to read.
He prefers to write in a backhand style.
Her signature was distinctively backhand, with every letter slanting to the left.
In the nineteenth century, backhand scripts were popular among some English writers.
Her signature was distinctively backhand, with every letter slanting to the left.
In the nineteenth century, many writers favored backhand scripts for their elegant appearance.
The teacher explained that his backhand writing style often caused confusion in his assignments.

Synonyms

left-slanting

vsbackhand

6.8

Letters in handwriting that tilt toward the left

has identical meaning but is an alternative label for the same slant

Compounds

backhand shot

1 3.6

A stroke in tennis or similar racket sports made with the back of the hand facing the ball

two-handed backhand

1 3.9

A backhand shot you make while holding the racket with both hands

backhand drive

6.0

A hard straight shot hit with the racket across the body in tennis

backhand stroke

3.7

A hit in tennis or table tennis when the back of the hand faces the ball

Surface Forms

backhand positive

backhanded comparative

backhandest superlative

Morphology

backhand = back + hand (transparent) = back + hand

Meaning directly describes the orientation of the hand (back + hand) and thus the backward slanting of handwriting is inferable.

Etymology

Backhand for handwriting comes from the two simple words back and hand, with back meaning 'toward the rear' and hand meaning 'the hand'. So a backhand script is writing where the letters slant 'back' (to the left), and the name helps you remember the direction of the letters.