soft-handed

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soft-handed

adjective more soft-handed · most soft-handed · soft handed · softhanded

Gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.
Similar: amiable, tender, easygoing, soft, clement, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, loose-handed, permissible, permissive · Opposite: draconian, heavy-handed, strict
Unaccustomed to hard work.
Similar: lily-handed, uncalloused

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@misc{soft_handed_2026,
  title = {soft-handed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft-handed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}