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.
One I came across in a novel I’m reading just now: “I wanted to tell her how happy she must be as a married woman now that she no longer have to bother with looking attractive”.