In fact and Loosely

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In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.

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Loosely and in fact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loosely" instead an adverb phrase "In fact".

Loosely adverb - Knitted in a loose manner.

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In fact and loosely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In fact" instead an adverb "Loosely".

Nearby Words: loose, loosen, looseness

In fact, it's so extreme that Western Europe by 1984 has broken from NATO entirely and created a third bloc, loosely affiliated with the Eastern bloc.

Source: Literature / Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72
Many viewers may assume The Hagakure, a 17th-century guide to the Samurai, is an Encyclopedia Exposita, but is in fact a real book on which the film is (loosely) framed.

Source: Film / Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
In fact, there were no animated shows in Soviet Union; those that look like ones are series of loosely connected shorts, with long (sometimes over 10 years) intervals between "releases".

Source: Eastern European Animation

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