loosely Copy link Outline I. UnconfinedII. In an irregular, careless mannerIII. Immorally • loosely: I. Unconfined: laxē. Lucan 4, 451 (al. laxas) and acc. to L. G. § 343, the adjj. under loose, III., may often be used where Eng. idiom would require an adv. II. In an irregular, careless manner: sŏlūtē: Sen. N. Q. 6, 30 (negligentius solutiusque composita). Also, dissolute, which is used by Cic. in this sense: v. laxly (1). III. Immorally: perh. perdĭtē (in an abandoned manner): Cic. To live l., *liberius se gerere; pravis s. dissolutis moribus esse.