English-Finnish translations for loosely

• irtonaisesti
• löysästi
  Kyseistä vaatimusta ei pitäisi soveltaa yhtä löysästi kuin aikaisemmin. This requirement should not be applied as loosely as on previous occasions.
  Oliko syynä erityisen liukas tienpinta vai rekka-autoon liian löysästi pakatut paperirullat, vai johtuiko 23 nuoren ihmisen hengen vaatinut onnettomuus jostain muusta syystä? Was the extremely slippery road surface to blame, or rolls of paper loaded too loosely onto the vehicle; or was the accident that took the lives of 23 young people due to something else?

Definition of loosely

• In a loose manner
• Approximately

Examples

• Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.
• Its red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, lets call it reddish.
• A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.

Related words

• loose
• loosen
• loosestrife
• looseness
• loosening
• loosened
• loose-fitting
• footloose
• loosehead