in outline

One I've already written and 2 that are just in outline form.

I have said that these can only be portraits in outline.

He could see the hand only in outline against the glowing.

To that end, he spoke for only about an hour in outlining his case.

At some stage it has been in outline only, but is now solid.

His whereabouts over the next 17 years are known only in outline.

Not by its argument, which in outline looks sensible enough.

In outline the rest of the story seems equally promising.

The upper is similar in outline to a court shoe.

It was in outline form and provided him with the bullet points he wanted to be sure to make.

We can now indicate, if only in outline, the historical forms of the same development.

She knew the history of the area, in outline.

Let us, then, concentrate for a moment upon the two main figures, in outline.

The bars should be solid, not just drawn in outline.

This, in outline, is the situation facing the government of the newly independent state.

These facts and figures added relatively little to what was already known in outline.

"As a matter of fact both the rumors are more or less true, in outline at least.

It was a small silvery fish, almost round in outline.

The history of the Shakers is familiar, at least in outline.

It seemed to have no substance, to exist merely in outline.

The pattern of the future was clear in outline, but blurred as to detail.

History also was given in outline during childhood, and subsequently ignored.

But at least in outline, the Bradley plan is politically smarter.

In outline, the tale is not unfamiliar to Western readers.

The house, in outline, looked quite snug, she might even be asleep by this time.