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Lightly vs Loosely - What's the difference?

lightly | loosely |

As adverbs the difference between lightly and loosely

is that lightly is in a light manner while loosely is in a loose manner.

lightly

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • In a light manner.
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  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Derived terms

    * take lightly

    loosely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a loose manner.
  • Not tightly.
    • Insert all the bolts loosely , then tighten them.
  • Approximately.
    • It's red, to use the term loosely , sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.
    • A whale is, loosely''', maybe very '''loosely , a fish.

    Antonyms

    * (not tightly) tightly

    Anagrams

    * English hedges