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soft-handed

soft-handed adjective: gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.

Adjective

soft-handed (comparative more soft-handed, superlative most soft-handed)

  1. Gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.
  2. Unaccustomed to hard work.

Synonyms of soft-handed

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Antonyms

Forms of soft-handed

comparativemore soft-handed
superlativemost soft-handed
alternative formsoft handed
alternative formsofthanded

Questions about soft-handed

What does soft-handed mean?
Soft-handed means gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.
What part of speech is soft-handed?
Soft-handed is an adjective.

Words near soft-handed in the dictionary

  1. soft-drinkless
  2. soft-float
  3. soft-gamma repeater
  4. soft-gamma repeaters
  5. soft-grain
  6. soft-handed
  7. soft-headed
  8. soft-hearted
  9. soft-heartedly
  10. soft-heartedness
  11. soft-land

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