light-handed

Definitions of light-handed
  1. adjective
    having a metaphorically delicate touch
    “"the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker”
    synonyms:
    delicate
    exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
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