LOOSELY


Meaning of LOOSELY in English

adverb

Etymology: Middle English losly, losely, lousely, from loos, lous loose + -ly

: in a loose manner

lizard skulls with loosely built jaws — W.E.Swinton

a union of loosely federated states

these novels could be loosely grouped as mysteries — J.D.Hart

played loosely with the truth — John Sparkman

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