: 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
N. SeppaExamples of loosely in a Sentence
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Over about three million years, the chromosomes broke at sites where DNA was loosely packed.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Crushed pills were stored loosely in plastic bags.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-creator John Hoffman revealed that the trio of ultra-wealthy characters in season 5 are loosely inspired by real-life figures.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
At first, season five seems to continue that trend by shifting the festivities toward some combination of the New York mob and, more loosely, the billionaire class.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for loosely
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“Loosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loosely. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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