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Lighthanded

adj, adv

Adjective

1
Alternative form of light-handed.; benign and with minimal intervention.
"FERC then drew on a potentially significant dictum from Farmers Union II: "Moving from heavy to lighthanded regulation within the boundaries of an unchanged statute can ... be justified by a showing that under current circumstances the goal and purposes of the statute will be accomplished through substantially less regulatory oversight.""
2
Alternative form of light-handed.; Sparing.
"When sewing strip sets, use a lighthanded approach feeding the strips under the presser foot so the crosswise grain isn't stretched."
3
Alternative form of light-handed.; nimble and dextrous;
"From all evidence he manages the subtle responsibilities of the tdvana role with a delicate and lighthanded virtuosity."
4
Alternative form of light-handed.; Light-hearted.
"In recovering the pointedly Spinozist impulse, the deeper critical motivation behind Heine's seemingly lighthanded poetic playfulness comes to the fore."
5
Alternative form of light-handed.; flippant.

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6
Alternative form of light-handed.; 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."
7
Alternative form of light-handed.; Thieving.
"Captive rowlocks keep the oars in the boat while you 're rowing and discourage lighthanded hardware seekers when you go ashore."

Adverb

1
Alternative form of light-handed.; 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."
2
Alternative form of light-handed.; In a light-handed manner.
"See; not a hair is, not an eyelash, not the least lash lost; every hair Is, hair of the head, numbered. Nay, what we had lighthanded left in surly the mere mould Will have waked and have waxed and have walked in the wind what while we slept, […]"

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