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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At that time, Japan was mired in deflation and had the world’s loosest monetary policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 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
I asked a small group who came to class early, when some of our best, loosest conversations happened.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023
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
A secret kept, in other words, only by the loosest definition, so that now—as I get ready to leak the information myself—I feel only a slight twinge of filial guilt.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
