loosely
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loosely
- /ˈluːsli/
Rhymes with -uːsli
Where it comes from
From Middle English lously; equivalent to loose + -ly.
adverb more loosely · most loosely
- 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.
- Not tightly. Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.
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Approximately.
It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.
Similar: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes
- Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.
Opposite: tightly
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slackly, broadly, generally, broadly speaking, imprecisely, poorly, vaguely, dimly, free, modestly, obscurely, thinly, shallowly, faintly, freely, weakly
adverb
Opposite: tightly
Translations
Every language
adv not tightly
| Français | sans serrer |
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| Italiano | allentato |
| Română | lejer |
| Русский | свобо́дно svobódno, нежёстко nežóstko, без сцепле́ния bez sceplénija |
adv used to indicate an imprecise use of words
| Português | vagamente |
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