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loosey-goosey
adjective
USinformaluk /ˌluː.siˈɡuː.si/ us /ˌluː.siˈɡuː.si/
comfortable and relaxed:
The show possesses a loosey-goosey freedom, creating a style of comedy that sets it apart from similar shows.
The movie is aiming for the loosey-goosey chaos of the old Looney Tunes cartoons.
not careful, accurate, or exact enough, or not tightly controlled :
This idea is way too loosey-goosey to get past a curriculum committee.
We can tackle the problem, as long as we don't have that loosey-goosey regulation that we had in the past.
Although news broadcasts are a little less formal nowadays, I think in general people still want a presentation that is not loosey-goosey.
Perhaps the real measure of a film star is how well they play in loosey-goosey roles.
This loosey-goosey introduction to the French language in our schools is typical and unacceptable.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calm and relaxed
(as) cool as a cucumberidiom
at (your) leisureidiom
be at peace with the worldidiom
biddable
calmly
easy come, easy goidiom
easy-going
equilibrium
fluidly
free-flowing
peaceably
peacefully
peacefulness
placable
placid
uninhibited
unpressured
unpressurized
unruffled
unshockable
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