loose-fitting
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2.6
- adjective
- /ˈluːsˈfɪtɪŋ/
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holgado
- For the summer, I prefer loose-fitting shirts that keep me cool and comfortable.
- a loose-fitting dress
- loose-fitting clothes
Like there's a cut out details on the waist here and they're really loose fitting and quite a wide leg.
- Like there's a cut out details on the waist here and they're really loose fitting and quite a wide leg.
- So you can actually get away with wearing big loose fitting sweatpants and somehow still make them look good.
- So try and like try and so talk to costume design until costume design, like try and get them like maybe loose fitting jeans or like a full sleeve shirt or a sweater.
Examples
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During a hot spell in September, I wore loose-fitting tank tops with no bra beneath.
Fiction book (1997) -
Kaverin was dressed in a loose-fitting white shirt and white pants, with high black boots and a wide-brimmed hat.
Fiction book (1992) -
So you can actually get away with wearing big loose fitting sweatpants and somehow still make them look good.
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Three black kids in their teens, dressed in dark, dirty, loose-fitting clothes.
Fiction book (1996) -
Symbolically wash away everything of the school day; change to clean, loose-fitting clothes.
Academic text (1991) -
Got myself a kind of loose fitting stripy T-shirt.
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Delicately handsome, he looked like a model in the loose-fitting designer clothes and soft leather European shoes he wore.
Fiction book (1990) -
I can make her look like a million bucks with a little dab of make-up and a loose-fitting designer gown.
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His legs were like stems, clad in loose-fitting white pants made of rough cloth.
Fiction book (1992) -
She'd tied an apron over a loose-fitting pink cotton dress and, like Ruth, wore no makeup or jewelry.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
187
1.0
Made with wide fabric so it hangs in soft folds
155
1.0
Not tight so it can move or fall off
38
1.0
Loose clothing that does not fit close to the body
4
3.8
Clothing that hangs loosely and moves smoothly and gracefully
2
3.1
Not tight and hanging loose
1
7.1
Loose, full clothing or hair that looks soft and untidy
Antonyms
How Loose
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loose-fitting is simply two common words put together: loose meaning 'not tight' and fitting (from fit) meaning 'to be the right size'. So, loose-fitting means clothes that 'do not fit closely' and hang loosely on the body.