1 in a way that is not firm or tight:
She fastened the belt loosely around her waist. * Hold the rope loosely between your finger and thumb.
2 in a way that is not exact:
to use a term loosely * The play is loosely based on his childhood in Russia. * Economic growth can be loosely defined as an increase in GDP. * The two problems are only loosely related.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for loosely is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is loosely a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, loosely is tagged as adverb.
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