Meaning

2 senses
  1. Gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.

  2. Unaccustomed to hard work.

Forms

more soft-handed, most soft-handed
Comparativemore soft-handed Lesson
Superlativemost soft-handed Lesson

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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