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.