: 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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When a woman is found murdered, her body mutilated in a way that loosely connects the crime to the true story of the Black Dahlia, an investigation begins that intertwines the two.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
The flagship issue reintroduces Mikey as the titular Last Ronin, the sole surviving member of the original Turtles, now in a brutalist alternate future loosely inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
Deductions and credits are sometimes loosely described as relief, but in IRS terms, relief typically refers to post-filing options.
—Adam Palasciano, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Organized in a fashion, but loosely so, an outgrowth, in both spirit and practical measure, of the network of express riders devised by Samuel Adams and elevated by Paul Revere.
—Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
The flagship issue reintroduces Mikey as the titular Last Ronin, the sole surviving member of the original Turtles, now in a brutalist alternate future loosely inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
Deductions and credits are sometimes loosely described as relief, but in IRS terms, relief typically refers to post-filing options.
—Adam Palasciano, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Organized in a fashion, but loosely so, an outgrowth, in both spirit and practical measure, of the network of express riders devised by Samuel Adams and elevated by Paul Revere.
—Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Loosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loosely. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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