well-handed

Thomas DeGrey outlined the basic surgical skills as including the ability to: 'Cauterize well, to let blood well, to be light and well-handed, bold and hardy in dressing of a Horse well'.

But the interest of a well-handed argument is, perhaps, as strong an influence as any which can be exerted to control attention.

May the divine Savitri, the well-handed, well-fingered, and well-armed, clear thee by his might!'

... but it also teaches you the value of organization, it shows you the real meaning and import of a well-handed force that makes for good, it sharpens your wit in debate, it loosens your tongue in the right way and in proper channels, and it instills into you a knowledge of parliamentary law and practice that must needs....

On all estates, the boiling goes on night and day, except sunday. But well-handed estates have three spells, and intermissions accordingly.