well-handled

American  

[wel-han-dld] / ˈwɛlˈhæn dld /

adjective

1. managed, directed, or completed with efficiency.

   a well-handled political campaign.

2. treated with taste, discretion, etc..

   a delicate but well-handled subject.

3. having been handled or used much.

   a sale of well-handled goods.

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well-handled British  

adjective

1. having been managed successfully

   a well-handled merger

2. operated or employed skillfully

   a well-handled vehicle

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Etymology

Origin of well-handled

First recorded in 1470–80

Example Sentences

His cut-back from the byeline enabled PSG to equalise after a poor clearance, but he was, on the whole, well-handled by the Barcelona defence.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2024

Fungi, like so many organisms, invite us to think in new ways about many well-handled concepts that we might have thought we understood.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Glenn Fitzgerald, as the Brusteins’ upstairs neighbor, a gay playwright; Julian De Niro, as a Black proletarian who asks Gloria to marry him; and Grotelueschen are all blessed with meaty, well-handled supporting roles.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

It said that while "financial matters have been well-handled and fundraising goals regularly achieved", management norms and procedures had to be improved.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022

Three Vocal Duets are well-handled, but the long "Eilende Wolken" has a jerky recitative of Händelian naïveté, to which the aria is a welcome relief.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert