Light-handed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  light-handed
       adj : having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation
             is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New
             Yorker