'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.

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