'Light-handed' definitions:
Definition of 'light-handed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker
Definition of 'Light-handed'
From: GCIDE
- Light-handed \Light"-hand`ed\ (l[imac]t"h[a^]nd`[e^]d), a.
- 1. (Naut.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. having a metaphorically delicate touch. heavy-handed [WordNet 1.5]
- the translation is . . . light-handed . . . and generally unobtrusive. --New Yorker.