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loosier-goosier

loosier-goosier is the comparative form of loosey-goosey.

Meaning of loosey-goosey

Adjective

loosey-goosey (comparative more loosey-goosey or loosier-goosier or loosey-goosier, superlative most loosey-goosey or loosiest-goosiest or loosey-goosiest)

  1. (Canada, US) relaxed
    • They said that he couldn't hit International League pitching because he was too loosey-goosey at the plate.1946 July 8, “By Jim Coleman”, in The Globe and Mail
  2. (broadly, informal) laid back; disorganized; scattered
    • "Everything seemed to be real loosey-goosey," Mr. Williams said. "[…]I had lunch with him three times, and each time he said, 'Oh, I forgot to bring the papers.'"1991, Richard Perez-Pena, “Investment Manager Faces Charges of Securities Fraud”, in The New York Times

Questions about loosier-goosier

What is loosier-goosier the comparative form of?
Loosier-goosier is the comparative form of loosey-goosey.

Words near loosier-goosier in the dictionary

  1. loosey-goosiest
  2. loosh
  3. Looshan
  4. Looshans
  5. loosie
  6. loosier-goosier
  7. loosies
  8. loosiest-goosiest
  9. loosing
  10. loosing off
  11. loosing up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loosier-goosier (page history and authors); loosey-goosey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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