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Synonyms for loosely
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Wiktionary
looselyadverb
Not tightly.
Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.
Antonyms:
tightly
Princeton's WordNet
loosely, slacklyadverb
in a relaxed manner; not rigid
"his hands lay loosely"
Synonyms:
broadly, slackly, generally, broadly speakinglooselyadverb
in a loose manner
"a union of loosely federated states"
Synonyms:
broadly, slackly, generally, broadly speakingbroadly, loosely, broadly speaking, generallyadverb
without regard to specific details or exceptions
"he interprets the law broadly"
Synonyms:
mostly, slackly, broadly speaking, more often than not, generally, in general, in the main, broadly, by and largelooselyadverb
knitted in a loose manner
"loosely knit"
Synonyms:
broadly, slackly, generally, broadly speaking
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2006 | generally | |
#2643 | slightly | |
#2913 | mostly | |
#8160 | freely | |
#11723 | lightly | |
#13980 | broadly | |
#18971 | loosely | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#26064 | vaguely |
How to use loosely in a sentence?
Women and girls should cover up and dress loosely to stop the temptation... if you feel like your life is precious, leave the house completely covered up to stop those wanting you from slaughtering you.
The fundraising appeals themselves are giving donors the impression that their money is going to help support the recounts and post-election litigation, but in reality, most of every donor's money is going to Trump's loosely regulated post-election political vehicle.
We've found that wearing two loosely fitted masks will not give you the filtration benefit that one, snug-fitting... mask will, the best kind of double-masking is when you and the person you are interacting with are each correctly wearing a very snug-fitting mask.
The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.
- the term- livity-refers to all things relating to life and living. In the rasta icabulary of ras cardo, peter tosh and the trench town brethrens reasonings in the 60's, it took on a strictly defined meaning as to the purpose and reason for life. Rasta is all about life, jah life and liberty, not death and destruction. It is a term not to be used loosely. It was coined by ras cardo.
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