Definition of "soft-handed" []

• Gentle, insufficient, permissive, nurturing, lenient (adjective)

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• "If such a crime happened today I think Polanski would not be given such a soft-handed treatment. teresa, ohio"
• "As one blue-collar brand after another—Levi's, Wrangler, Dr. Martens—has descended into galling hipsterism, co-opted by soft-handed college students who wear their irony like John Deere baseball caps, Carhartt has managed to stand apart, the secret handshake of the American yeomantry."
• "*Murray 6-3, 1-1 Nishikori: A low volley from the net followed by a controlled cross-court soft-handed volley from Murray takes the first point."