looselyadverb
uk/ˈluːs.li/us/ˈluːs.li/loosely adverb (NOT FIRMLY)
in a way that is not firmly held or attached:
The parcel had only been loosely wrapped, and the paper had come off.
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Flexible, loose and yielding
- adrift
- bendable
- bendy
- ductile
- elastic
- flowing
- jointed
- loose
- loose-fitting
- looseness
- malleable
- plastic
- spring
- springy
- sprung
- stretch
- stretchy
- supple
- tensile
- yield
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Separateness and isolation in space
loosely adverb (NOT EXACTLY)
not exactly:
This phrase can be loosely translated as "Go away!"
The film is loosely based on the novel by Kundera.
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Approximate
- (a) sort of idiom
- -ish
- about
- approx
- approximate
- approximately
- effect
- in the vicinity of idiom
- maybe
- more
- more or less idiom
- or so idiom
- round
- rule
- sense
- something
- something like 96 percent, half, etc. idiom
- somewhere
- sort
- sorta
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loosely adverb (NOT TIGHTLY)
not tightly:
The jacket hung loosely on his thin body.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Flexible, loose and yielding
- adrift
- bendable
- bendy
- ductile
- elastic
- flowing
- jointed
- loose
- loose-fitting
- looseness
- malleable
- plastic
- spring
- springy
- sprung
- stretch
- stretchy
- supple
- tensile
- yield
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