Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Light-handed \Light"-hand`ed\ (l[imac]t"h[a^]nd`[e^]d), a.
   (Naut.)
   Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel
   light-handed.

Source : WordNet®

light-handed
     adj : having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation
           is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New
           Yorker