Definition of "sure-handed" [sure-handed]

• Proficient and confident in performance (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Having adapted the Elmore Leonard novels “Get Shorty” and “Out of Sight,” screenwriter Scott Frank makes a sure-handed directorial debut with this modest crime caper set in Kansas City."
• "This rousing epic was disowned by director Stanley Kubrick after a contentious, difficult production, but "Spartacus" still offers grand-scale entertainment, thanks to bold, sure-handed direction and a powerhouse cast."
• ""Readers of historical fiction will be pleased with Bennett's sure-handed storytelling.""