"lightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But the characters are sketched so lightly that they never deepen beyond type.
- Moreover the basic picture of Milton himself, though only sketched in very lightly, is completely authentic:
- In the end, all three women blend together as an idealized everywoman lightly sketched on a larger historical canvas.
- Dürer lightly sketched the image and underpainted it with some washes of brown watercolour.
- Its lightly sketched implications when further explored and a little amplified approached conclusions that are not so humorous.
- His hand signal was weak, lightly sketched in air, but Halaylah had been waiting for the emperor to summon her.
- Heller's emphasis is wholly on the professional, with Rand's private life lightly sketched.
- Fiss' analyses of specific cases are presented against a lightly sketched historical argument.
- He dwelled heavily on the correlations, sketching only lightly the possible mechanism of rising hot water.
- He sketched lightly in reddish brown the outline of the woman and of each object.
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