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say it: LOO-slee
loosely is an adverb meaning "in a relaxed manner; not rigid". It carries 4 recorded senses.
in a loose manner
“a union of loosely federated states”
without regard to specific details or exceptions
“he interprets the law broadly”
structurally open and not compact or close
“loosely knit”
“loosely woven cloth”
“loosely structured organization”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for loosely come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.