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Loosely

//ˈluːsli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a loose manner.

    "Then she fell back on the altar and her fingers dangled loosely on its edge, her feet uncrossed and lay beside each other."

  2. 2
    Not tightly.

    "Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them."

  3. 3
    Approximately.

    "It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish."

  4. 4
    Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking

    "A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish."

Adverb
  1. 1
    structurally open and not compact or close wordnet
  2. 2
    in a relaxed manner; not rigid wordnet
  3. 3
    without regard to specific details or exceptions wordnet
  4. 4
    in a loose manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English lously; equivalent to loose + -ly.

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