-snə̇s noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English losenes, from loos, lous, lose loose + -nes -ness
: the quality or state of being loose
the looseness of the upper body clothing — J.H.Shaw
looseness of the bowels
their speech may create the illusion of looseness but their behavior is straitlaced — John Mason Brown
detect some vagueness and looseness in his thought — H.J.Muller