light-handed

[ lahyt-han-did ]

/ ˈlaɪtˈhæn dɪd /

having the hands lightly or only slightly encumbered, as with parcels or bundles.

having a light touch; handling things delicately and deftly.

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light-hand·ed·ly, adverblight-hand·ed·ness, noun

Claudia Roden's approach to Middle Eastern culinary culture is at once light-handed and scholarly.
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He was light-handed, quick, deferential, and soothing—a prince among Orderlies.
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The medical reports promised well, and Hay's letters were as humorous and light-handed as ever.
The Education of Henry Adams|Henry Adams
The anchor was weighed, and the transport ran out under her fore-topsail, as they were light-handed, and had to secure the anchor.
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But the light-handed Partha cut them off before they could reach him.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4|Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Elizabeth Ann's head whirled with this second light-handed juggling with the sacred distinction between the grades.
Understood Betsy|Dorothy Canfield