Lōōse'ly, adv.
adv. 1. Not fast; not firmly; so as to be easily disengaged; as, things loosely connected.
Sense 2. Without confinement.
Her golden locks, for haste, were loosely shed About her ears. Spencer.
Sense 3. Without order, union, or connection. “Part loosely wing the region.” Milton.
Sense 4. In a manner not controlled by moral restraints; wantonly; unchastely.
A bishop, living loosely, was charged that his conversation was not according to the apostles' lives. Camden.
Sense 5. Negligently; carelessly; heedlessly; as, a mind loosely employed. Locke.
A prince should not be so loosely studied as to remember so weak a composition. Shak.