firmly vs loosely

firmly

adv
  • Securely. 

  • In a firm or definite or strong manner. 

loosely

adv
  • Approximately. 

  • Not tightly. 

  • Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking 

  • In a loose manner. 

How often have the words firmly and loosely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )