Light-handed

Does it reflect your position toward the other agencies that, in the words of your Deputy, this program should be as lighthanded as possible?

On the other hand, lighthanded methods are believed to have more subtle effects on behaviors, often through influencing attitudes, creating knowledge, or manipulating the environment to accomplish desirable ends.

They are aware that the more light-handed their power, the more effective it is.

FERC then drew on a potentially significant dictum from Farmers Union II: "Moving from heavy to lighthanded regulation within the boundaries of an unchanged statute can ... be justified by a showing that under current circumstances the goal and purposes of the statute will be accomplished through substantially less regulatory oversight."

At the other extreme, the view has been that light-handed 'regulation' is a euphemism for 'handsoff'.

By maintaining a light-handed approach, regulations could be kept to a minimum, with additional measures introduced to overcome any weaknesses in the regulartory framework that arose over time.

The shadow was now also applied to the lower lash line, but still very light-handed.

Kate's light-handed copyedit is shown in figure 1, along with a medium and heavy copyediting of the same passage.