Either way, it points to a distinctive Meroitic love of a comical touch in serious subjects.
Levenson follows the twists and turns of the Vulcan pursuit – including the newspaper reports, the academic bickering and frustration – and with a light touch delivers serious lessons.
As master of ceremonies, Leis lends a light touch to serious subjects such as breast cancer awareness.
She checks her face: a touch of sunburn, but nothing serious.
Her legs get the once over as well: "the thigh slit is a touch too revealing for a serious cabinet minister", while extravagant praise is reserved for her hair: "such polish, movement and volume!" As a woman with the better part of two decades' experience as a television presenter, McVey knows more than most about using visual cues to strengthen a message.
The governor's banter provided a touch of whimsy to an otherwise serious day.
It requires athleticism, some serious skiing skills, a touch of fearlessness and deep pockets.
He could cajole them, too, with one serious look and a touch of his big hand on their arm; or win them over with a quickfire joke.
I like that your "serious space" has a touch of whimsy: teddy bears, toy horses, a ceramic Madonna, but I'm also troubled.
The shape of the Republican counter-attack is equally apparent: Obama, with a little bit of studious this and a touch of worthy that, has no serious plan to stop Americans living on borrowed money.
For a serious artist with a touch of whimsy, Twenty Dollar Leap Year seems like a natural.
