: in a loose manner
loosely attached
a collection of loosely connected stories
His shoes are set tidily together in a corner with his socks draped loosely across them.—
Felix Carroll
Felix CarrollTexting freed a generation from the strictures and inconvenience (and awkwardness) of phone calls, while allowing people to be more loosely and constantly connected.—Jenna Wortham
Jenna WorthamThe novel is loosely based on the life of Georgia O'Keeffe.
Loosely translated from Japanese, umami means delicious or yummy.—N. Seppa
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Neural network The tech that mimics your brain Neural Networks are a special kind of machine learning designed to mimic how the human brain works, at least loosely.
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Bi loosely connects them through a premise that only a crazy film lover like him could conjure up: In a parallel world that may be our own, people no longer dream and can therefore live forever.
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Erin Clements, People.com, 27 May 2025
Neural network The tech that mimics your brain Neural Networks are a special kind of machine learning designed to mimic how the human brain works, at least loosely.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
Shot in Galicia, a landscape of rocky coasts and salty-blue air, this loosely biographical third feature from Catalan filmmaker Carla Simón, part of the Cannes competition slate, has a wistful, earthy glow.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 May 2025
Bi loosely connects them through a premise that only a crazy film lover like him could conjure up: In a parallel world that may be our own, people no longer dream and can therefore live forever.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
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“Loosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loosely. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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