But Mr. Saarinen builds on that vocabulary and subtly varies it.

Dorinda's music is probably the most inventive in the opera, and her emotions the most subtly varied.

Historically these lullabies varied subtly between villages, towns, and regions.

Morecambe and Wise's comic style varied subtly throughout their career, depending on their writers.

The architects themselves stacked flat stones for the mason, because they vary subtly in thickness and color.

Color hues varied subtly, depending on sun angle and the shape of nearby shadows.

The details of golden-share laws vary subtly from state to state, allowing each to argue that its law raises entirely unique legal questions.

His voice was impressive: growing, fading and subtly varying.

Among those companies that require that their top executives use corporate jets for security reasons, the rules vary subtly.

The angle of those stiffly wired braids varies subtly from scene to scene.