loosely.
In a loose manner.
Meaning & usage
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.
a comic loosely based on an Old Norse epic
Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking
A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lously; equivalent to loose + -ly.
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