loosely

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

Synonyms

slackly broadly broadly speaking generally

Antonyms

narrowly

Words of close approximity

loosen
loosely knit