I may need to say something that is (seemingly) nice about someone, but I’d prefer it be very subtly backhanded or nearly believable hyperbole.
Edit: I realized that I was imagining something like how the Colbert Report was done where it’s easy to believe I’m agreeing when really I’m spoofing.
Most of the comments here seem very British. This is entirely the British way…saying something good isn’t just taken at face value as a positive; instead it is taken to mean that every other time was very negative.