looseness

noun

Definition of loosenessnext
1
as in laxness

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2
as in lasciviousness

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Recent Examples of looseness Somewhere between looseness and rigor lies the best way to render a cabaret act as theatrical comedy. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026 Nervous energy gave way to jokes, tequila and enough looseness to make the afternoon feel like a conversation rather than an examination. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The unexpected breakout from Steve Lacy’s Grammy-winning Gemini Rights widened the scope of his ditzy, talky demos while hanging onto the looseness of a guy freestyling in his childhood bedroom. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026 The room blends Italian comfort with NoDa edge, which gives it a looseness that keeps the food from feeling overly precious. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 This is a more contemporary look, without the detail of pleated drapery or the looseness of flat panel. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 16 July 2026 The 22-year-old’s passing can be excellent, but there’s a looseness to his tackling and positioning. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 9 July 2026 That looseness has aged beautifully. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 When Alexis de Tocqueville, the French political philosopher and statesman, visited America and published his 1835–1840 classic Democracy in America, he was surprised by the adaptive, intentional looseness of the laws written during the first century of the United States. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looseness
  1. laxness
  2. lasciviousness
  3. laxity
  4. lewdness
  5. floppiness
  6. perversion
  7. limpness
  8. wantonness
Noun
  • Still, being private isn’t a license to let laxness creep in.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of laxness
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  • Marie is disciplined and principled, while her rebellious daughter prides herself on breaking the rules and reveling in lasciviousness.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 30 Dec. 2025
Definition of lasciviousness
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  • What’s more, there’s also vitamin C and glutathione for antioxidant protection, and peptides to address skin’s laxity.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 27 July 2026
  • Every Day The sun’s UV rays are notoriously damaging, and SPF is easily your best defense against visible signs of aging like laxity, sun spots, and wrinkling.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026
Definition of laxity
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  • This is a distinct category from the Mile-High Clubbers, whose lewdness is much more inappropriate.
    — Christopher Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Claud has two convictions for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age and one conviction for open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • Prune hydrangeas to prevent overgrowth, floppiness, or fewer blooms.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • To prevent floppiness, trim yarrow right after flowering to support compact growth and promote another bloom cycle.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2026
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  • The leprous, lascivious body was a perversion that Western proselytizing could fix.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • More broadly, this same chain of logic turns the Voting Rights Act into a zombie law, a perversion of its intended purpose that now mostly protects white Americans from any attempts to break their disproportionate control of voting machinery.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Definition of perversion
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  • Trump’s steamrolling of anything, including the Constitution, that might impede his authoritarian project has made the limpness of the Democratic opposition more conspicuous.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of limpness
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  • Grace’s playfully feral wantonness is funny and bewitching, but her schtick loses its luster for Jackson, who takes a job that keeps him away from home, leaving her with the baby.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
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