: in a loose manner
loosely attached
a collection of loosely connected stories
His shoes are set tidily together in a corner with his socks draped loosely across them.—
Felix Carroll
Felix CarrollTexting freed a generation from the strictures and inconvenience (and awkwardness) of phone calls, while allowing people to be more loosely and constantly connected.—Jenna Wortham
Jenna WorthamThe novel is loosely based on the life of Georgia O'Keeffe.
Loosely translated from Japanese, umami means delicious or yummy.—N. Seppa
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Pregnant right whales migrate southward in the Atlantic Ocean to the waters off the Florida and Georgia coasts each winter to give birth, often loosely accompanied by a motley assortment that includes adult males and females as well as juveniles.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
The second season focuses equal attention on another musical being written in the show’s universe, called Hit List, which is loosely inspired by Rent, right down to the tragic death of one of its authors.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Or, attorneys may be loosely affiliated with a particular group, but the group is not organized as a law firm and any attorney's association with the group is at best nebulous.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The retrogrades may be retrograding, but this first week of Aries season is a good time to loosely map out some springtime work goals.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
The second season focuses equal attention on another musical being written in the show’s universe, called Hit List, which is loosely inspired by Rent, right down to the tragic death of one of its authors.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Or, attorneys may be loosely affiliated with a particular group, but the group is not organized as a law firm and any attorney's association with the group is at best nebulous.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The retrogrades may be retrograding, but this first week of Aries season is a good time to loosely map out some springtime work goals.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Loosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loosely. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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