Word: loosely
Phonetic:
/ˈluːsli/
Listen:
In a loose manner.
Not tightly. Example: Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.
Approximately. Example: It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.
Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking Example: A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.
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