lighthanded vs thieving

lighthanded

adj
  • Thieving. 

  • flippant. 

  • nimble and dextrous; 

  • Light-hearted. 

  • Sparing. 

  • benign and with minimal intervention. 

  • Not having a full complement of workers. 

adv
  • Carrying very little. 

  • In a light-handed manner. 

thieving

adj
  • That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal 

noun
  • The action of theft. 

How often have the words lighthanded and thieving occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )