Loosely

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loosely \Loose"ly\, adv.
     In a loose manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  loosely
       adv 1: in a relaxed manner; not rigid; "his hands lay loosely"
              [syn: {slackly}]
       2: in a loose manner; "a union of loosely federated states"
       3: without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he
          interprets the law broadly" [syn: {broadly}, {broadly
          speaking}, {generally}] [ant: {narrowly}]
       4: knitted in a loose manner; "loosely knit"