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[ adverb ] in a relaxed manner; not rigid
Synonyms Examples "his hands lay loosely" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The powerful New_York Yankees won their 19th world_series in a 5 - game romp over outclassed Cincinnati , crushing the Reds in a humiliating 13 - 5 barrage Monday in the loosely played finale . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)However , the conversion from mass to size is unreliable , since many photographic meteors give evidence of a fluffy , loosely bound meteorite structure with densities as low as * * f . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)His hands lay loosely , yet stiffly - they were like wax hands : almost lifelike , not quite - folded in his lap ; his mouth hung slightly open . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Mark held the wheel loosely , but his fingers curved around it in a purposeful way and the deliberate set of his body spoke plainly of the figure he 'd make in the years to come . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)One lithe leg straddled the railing and swung loosely before the creaking , torn pales . |
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