loosely

Adverbial loosely has 4 senses

• loosely(r = adv.all) slackly - in a relaxed manner; not rigid; "his hands lay loosely"
• loosely(r = adv.all) - in a loose manner; "a union of loosely federated states"
• loosely(r = adv.all) broadly, broadly speaking, generally - without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"
• loosely(r = adv.all) - knitted in a loose manner; "loosely knit"