looseness

noun

loose·​ness

-snə̇s

plural -es

: 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

Word History

Etymology

Middle English losenes, from loos, lous, lose loose + -nes -ness

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Rhymes for looseness

• obtuseness