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light-fingered |
light-foot |
light-footed |
light-green |
light-haired |
light-handed
| light-handedly
| light-headed
| light-headedly
| light-hearted
| light-heartedly
light-handed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective light-handed has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
light-handed, a.
- Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed. [1913 Webster]
- having a metaphorically delicate touch. [WordNet 1.5]"the translation is . . . light-handed . . . and generally unobtrusive."
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