loosely
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/ˈluːsli/
English
Definitions
adverb
- In a loose manner.
- Not tightly.“Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.”
- Approximately.“It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.”
- Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking“A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.”
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Synonyms
slacklybroadlygenerallybroadly speakingimpreciselypoorlyvaguelydimlyfreemodestlyobscurelythinlyshallowlyfaintlyfreelyweakly