Antonym of heavy-handed

Antonyms of adj heavy-handed

2 senses of heavy-handed

Sense 1:

bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed

INDIRECT (VIA maladroit) -> adroit

Sense 2:

heavy-handed, roughshod

INDIRECT (VIA domineering) -> submissive