loose
adjective
free or released from fastening or attachment.
loosest
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superlativeof loose.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Few Indians—other than the many who migrated there as merchants and agricultural laborers under the Raj—felt any but the loosest kinship with Burma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
But “The Paper” is a spinoff of “The Office” — in the loosest sense — so this isn’t a soapbox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
According to Goldman Sachs's financial conditions indexes, global financial conditions are the loosest since April last year, and emerging market financial conditions are now the loosest since February last year.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2023
I had hoped that we would capture that in the through line of this book, but I gave the contributors the loosest leash that I possibly could.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2022
He had told me to wear comfortable clothes, so I’m wearing the loosest pants and sweater I could find.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
