And overarching themes, when introduced, are lightly applied.
Fill your lips in with the pencil, then, using a lip brush, lightly apply your chosen lipstick.
The latter, a special, was moist and well-cooked, with a lightly applied Cajun peppery spiciness, not slathered on indiscriminately.
The interplay between the braising spices and a lightly applied coriander crust on the tuna is one of the great flavor adventures on the menu.
His backgrounds are shades of a single color always darker than the second layer, which is made of a flurry of lightly applied brushstrokes.
Riccardo Chailly's new recording nods to the weight of tradition yet the purposeful, rosy, Victorian bloom of his orchestra is lightly applied.
To that, add lane-departure and blind-spot warnings and interventions (the latter lightly applies individual brakes to nudge you back into a lane), forward collision warning and intelligent cruise control with braking assist.
By the 1920s, fingerprint collection had evolved into an art: "For light objects, use red bronze or Roman gold, which should be lightly applied with an atomizer," advised J. A. Larson, an American whose early fingerprint-identification system never caught on.
The production, directed by Mr. Bergeret and Jan Holland, with choreography by Bill Fabris (including a third-act tap dance for Hildebrand's soldiers) had a simplicity that let the work speak for itself, and the topical updating was amusing and lightly applied.
