loosely vs on the order of

loosely

adv
  • Approximately. 

  • Not tightly. 

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

  • In a loose manner. 

on the order of

adv
  • Approximately. 

prep
  • In the manner of; along the lines of; like; of a similar kind to; more-or-less equivalent to. 

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