"soft-handed" meaning in All languages combined

See soft-handed on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more soft-handed [comparative], most soft-handed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} soft-handed (comparative more soft-handed, superlative most soft-handed)
  1. Gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.
    Sense id: en-soft-handed-en-adj-nmgJ7pnX
  2. Unaccustomed to hard work.
    Sense id: en-soft-handed-en-adj-QIf2lfn7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soft handed, softhanded

Alternative forms

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