Dictionary Definition

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"

User Contributed Dictionary

In a loose manner.
Not tightly.

Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.
Approximately.

It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.

not tightly

Loose may refer to: *Loose (album), a 2006 album by Nelly Furtado

- Loose Mini DVD, a 2007 DVD by Nelly Furtado
- Loose the Concert, a 2007 live DVD by Nelly Furtado
Loose (B'z album), a 1995 album by B'z
Loose (Stooges song), a 1970 song by the Stooges
Loose (song), a 1996 Therapy? single
Loose, Germany
Loose, Kent, a parish and village in southeast England

loosely in German: Loose (Begriffsklärung)

loosely in Dutch: Loose

loosely in Russian: Loose