'Loosely' definitions:
Definition of 'loosely'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a relaxed manner; not rigid; "his hands lay loosely" [syn: loosely, slackly]
adverb
In a loose manner; "a union of loosely federated states"
adverb
Without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly" [syn: broadly, loosely, broadly speaking, generally] [ant: narrowly]
adverb
Knitted in a loose manner; "loosely knit"
Definition of 'Loosely'
From: GCIDE
- Loosely \Loose"ly\, adv. In a loose manner. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Loosely'
- Loose,
- Loosed,
- Looseness,
- Loosing,
- loose off,
- on the loose,
- A screw loose,
- At loose ends,
- Fast and loose,
- Loose liver,
- Loose pulley,
- To break loose,
- To get loose,
- To give a loose,
- To let loose,
- To loose sails,
- break loose,
- cut loose,
- let loose,
- loose cannon,
- loose end,
- loose ends,
- loose sentence,
- loose smut,
- loose woman,
- loosely knit,
- looseness of the bowels,
- pry loose from,
- tear loose,
- Fast and loose pulleys,
- foot-loose,
- loose-fitting,
- loose-jointed,
- loose-jowled,
- loose-leaf,
- screw-loose,
- loose-leaf binder,
- loose-leaf lettuce