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lighthanded

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light-hand⋅ed

[lahyt-han-did]
–adjective
1. short-handed.
2. having the hands lightly or only slightly encumbered, as with parcels or bundles.
3. having a light touch; handling things delicately and deftly.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME


light-hand⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
light-hand⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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