Mary removed the band from her ponytail and allowed her hair to fall loosely about her neck.
Source: tatoeba (3028954)
Loosely
//ˈluːsli//
Synonyms for "loosely" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Adverb(6 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- en termes generals adv (not tightly)
- sense ésser estrictes adv (not tightly)
Czech
1 entries- volně adv (not tightly)
Dutch
1 entries- ruim adv (not tightly)
Finnish
2 entries- irtonaisesti adv (not tightly)
- löysästi adv (not tightly)
French
1 entries- sans serrer adv (not tightly)
Hungarian
1 entries- lazán adv (in a loose manner)
Ido
1 entries- ample adv (not tightly)
Italian
1 entries- allentato adv (not tightly)
Polish
1 entries- luźno adv (not tightly)
Portuguese
1 entries- vagamente adv (used to indicate an imprecise use of words)
Romanian
1 entries- lejer adv (not tightly)
Russian
3 entries- без сцепле́ния adv (not tightly)
- нежёстко adv (not tightly)
- свобо́дно adv (not tightly)
Spanish
1 entries- vagamente adv (used to indicate an imprecise use of words)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Some of the seams of the dress were held together only loosely by basting stitches, pending the final fitting.
Source: tatoeba (3028955)
As people age, we find it disconcerting to realize that increasing amounts of our skin and more of our body parts are hanging loosely about ourselves.
Source: tatoeba (3028956)
Whilst he was slumbering the three Nymphs appeared before him; they were tall and beautiful, half-naked and without sandals; their hair fell loosely over their shoulders, and in every respect they resembled the statues in the grotto.
Source: tatoeba (6212755)
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