light-handed


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light-hand·ed

(līt′hăn′dĭd)
adj.
Having a light, delicate touch.

light′-hand′ed·ly adv.
light′-hand′ed·ness n.
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light′-hand′ed



adj.
having a light touch; handling things delicately.
[1400–50]
light′-hand′ed•ly, adv.
light′-hand′ed•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.light-handed - having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker
delicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
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