Lexic.us

Definition of Loosely

1. Adverb. In a relaxed manner; not rigid. "His hands lay loosely"

2. Adverb. In a loose manner. "A union of loosely federated states"

3. Adverb. Without regard to specific details or exceptions. "He interprets the law broadly"

4. Adverb. Knitted in a loose manner. "Loosely knit"

Definition of Loosely

1. adv. In a loose manner.

Definition of Loosely

1. Adverb. In a loose manner. ¹

2. Adverb. Not tightly. ¹

3. Adverb. Approximately. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loosely

1. loose [adv] - See also: loose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loosely

loose lip loose lips loose off loose scrum loose sentence loose skin loose smut loose trousers loosebox loosed

loosefill loosehead looseheads looseleaf loosely (current term) loosely knit loosen loosen the apron strings loosen the purse strings loosen up

loosened loosener looseners looseness looseness of the bowels loosenesses loosening

Literary usage of Loosely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"1538) that Wyatt was engaged in traitorous correspondence with Reginald Pole, lived loosely, and used disrespectful language to the king (cf. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"I. Motion of any thing hanging loosely. Locke. i- A line on which any thing hangs loose. In casting of any thing, the arms, to make i greater living, ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... rather loosely connected: (a) i, 2- iii, 8: In the fifth year after the destruction of .... loosely ..."

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