Sekirov Dictionary

lighthanded

adjective 8
adverb 3
forms 2

adjective8

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benign and with minimal intervention.
- Does it reflect your position toward the other agencies that, in the words of your Deputy, this program should be as lighthanded as possible? — 1979
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Sparing.
- When sewing strip sets, use a lighthanded approach feeding the strips under the presser foot so the crosswise grain isn't stretched. — 2014
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nimble and dextrous;
- From all evidence he manages the subtle responsibilities of the tdvana role with a delicate and lighthanded virtuosity. — 1975
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Light-hearted.
- In recovering the pointedly Spinozist impulse, the deeper critical motivation behind Heine's seemingly lighthanded poetic playfulness comes to the fore. — 2004
flippant.
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Not having a full complement of workers.
- Being so lighthanded the vessel could not be properly managed and could carry but little sail, consequently her progress was but slow. — 1887
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Thieving.
- Captive rowlocks keep the oars in the boat while you 're rowing and discourage lighthanded hardware seekers when you go ashore. — 1997
Alternative form of light-handed.

adverb3

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In a light-handed manner.
- He must go lighthanded to whatever it was that impended. — 1919
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Carrying very little.
- Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose,all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted. — 2013
Alternative form of light-handed.

forms

more lighthanded · most lighthanded

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