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looseness

  • /ˈluːsnəs/ UK

noun loosenesses

  1. The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut. See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does.
  2. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
  3. Moral laxity; licentiousness. Yet goodly court he made still to his Dame, / Pourd out in loosnesse on the grassy grownd [...].

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noun The property of being loose

हिन्दीशिथिलता śithiltā

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"looseness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/looseness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{looseness_2026,
  title = {looseness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/looseness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}