light-handed

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Gentle; 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?”

2. sıfat Sparing; applying only slight pressure or minimal amounts.

   “The shadow was now also applied to the lower lash line, but still very light-handed.”

3. sıfat Delicate and skilled; nimble and dextrous

   “The early works of this painter are a complete study for lighthanded and beautiful execution; they look imitatively perfect, yet many instances are known of his extreme rapidity of execution.”

4. sıfat Light-hearted; fun and witty or easygoing.

   “1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure We make several light-handed or joking references to my change.”

5. sıfat Flippant; lacking seriousness.

   “Philip Penna, of Indiana, a veteran of many labor controversies, roundly scored the United Mine Workers for their light-handed treatment of their contracts.”

6. sıfat Not having a full complement of workers.

   ““We will hold on to the last, while he must begin to take in soon, or the squall will come upon him too fast for a light-handed vessel.””

7. sıfat Thieving, larcenous.

   “Thae Hielandmen are o' the westland clans, and just as light-handed as their neighbours, an a' tales be true”

8. sıfat Fresh and light-tasting, not rich, heavy, or highly seasoned.

   “Lively, fresh-tasting, and light-handed in style, it pairs well with any food that likes a dry white with a bit of fruit to it, from chips 'n' dips, shrimp cocktail, and pates to entree salads and poultry.”

9. sıfat Having or requiring little strength.

   “December. Month for sheep-shearing. Rather light-handed for this work.”

10. zarf Carrying very little.

    “'Are ye come light-handed, ye son of a toom whistle?' said Sir Robert. 'Zounds! if you are'”

11. zarf In a light-handed manner.

    “At first merely fidgety, and managed with the greatest delicacy by the English postilion, then ill-tempered and capricious, swerving from side to side, necessitating in self-defence the use of the whip—“ But only gently and light-handed, ..."”