well-handled

well-handled
/wel"han"dld/, adj.
1. managed, directed, or completed with efficiency: a well-handled political campaign.
2. treated with taste, discretion, etc.: a delicate but well-handled subject.
3. having been handled or used much: a sale of well-handled goods.
[1470-80]

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