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Watch Thelma on Hulu Kinds of Kindness Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dark dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else.
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Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
The Couple Next Door is loosely adapted from Scandi drama Dopamin, made by Kamikaze Film CPH, format sales by REinvent International Sales, and the Dutch format The Neighbors, made by Millstreet Films.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Pick the stems once the seeds have begun to dry and brown, then loosely bundle them and hang them upside down in a warm, dry place to dry completely, about one or two weeks.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
The Couple Next Door is loosely adapted from Scandi drama Dopamin, made by Kamikaze Film CPH, format sales by REinvent International Sales, and the Dutch format The Neighbors, made by Millstreet Films.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Pick the stems once the seeds have begun to dry and brown, then loosely bundle them and hang them upside down in a warm, dry place to dry completely, about one or two weeks.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loosely
generally
Adverb
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More generally, the Nepalese public criticized the government’s measures disproportionate impact on ordinary users.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Cities would also generally be prevented from imposing height and density limits based on how close a development is near a transit stop.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Loosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loosely. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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