Examples include boyfriend jackets, boyfriend jeans, and boyfriend blazers, which are often more unisex or looser in appearance and fit than most women's jackets or trousers, though still designed for the female form.

Officially, class D is still assigned to broadcast translators, though the rules are actually much looser ( up to 250 watts ERP ) than for true LPFM stations, though they may not broadcast their own programming.

I still have a ( looser than before ) affiliation with BP, so don ’ t expect to see me using this site to dish dirt or run anybody into the ground.

: After signing the Dayton Agreement, Yugoslavia is granted with looser sanctions, still affecting much of its economy ( trade, tourism, industrial production and exports of final products ), but allowing for its citizens to exit Yugoslavia, for a limited time.

However, there is still one bit of value to be had from selective assembly: having all the mated pairs have as close to identical sliding fit as possible ( as opposed to some tighter fits and some looser fits — all sliding, but with varying resistance ).

The Sumiyoshi-kai, as a federation, has a looser chain of command and although Nishiguchi is still the supreme Godfather, he shares some powers with several other men.

Reviews of the premiere episode by television critics were positive, calling it " a looser, quirkier take on a late-night talk show, but still a late-night talk show.

James Hunter, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, felt that the album delivered " a varied midtempo dependability that turns richer and more resonant upon re-listenings ," and that it was " looser, warmer and more live-sounding than Browne's recent work — yet still as passionately crafted and sung ... he is the sound of unfrantic L. A. cool engaged with the long view.

Although still “ glove-like ,” the fit for distance spikes is generally slightly looser than for sprint spikes, given the longer race duration.

Snorri ’ s own usage, however, seems to fit the looser sense: “ Snorri uses the term " kenning " to refer to a structural device, whereby a person or object is indicated by a periphrastic description containing two or more terms ( which can be a noun with one or more dependent genitives or a compound noun or a combination of these two structures )” ( Faulkes ( 1998 a ), p. xxxiv ).

The term misogynist is frequently used in a looser sense as a term of derision to describe anyone who is considered to hold a prejudiced view about women as a group.

Generally, though, the term is used in a looser sense, encompassing any and all of these definitions.

Transhumanism and singularitarianism may be considered millenarian movements in a looser sense, because they anticipate changes in the established biological and therefore social orders, although neither group considers these changes to be thoroughly inevitable, merely likely.

In this looser sense, the word row ( propel with oars ) and the American pronunciation of row ( argument ) are considered homonyms, as are the words read ( peruse ) and reed ( waterside plant ).

However, in a looser sense the term " homonym " may be applied to words with the same writing or pronunciation.

Instead it seems likely that, as with the speeches, Thucydides is looser than previously thought in inferring the thoughts, feelings, and motives of principal characters in his History from their actions, as well as his own sense of what would be appropriate or likely in such a situation.

The term is sometimes used in an even looser sense to refer to any flag with a larger central panel, irrespective of whether or not it covers half the flag.

In a looser sense, corporations and other such organizations can be referred to as constituents, if they have a significant presence in an area.

These represent “ pay-for-performance ” systems in a looser, more extended sense, as workers who consistently work harder and better are more likely to be promoted ( and usually paid more ), compared to the narrow definition of “ pay-for-performance ”, such as piece rates.

Here, there is “ pay-for-performance ” in a looser sense over a longer time period.

Of course, since many women bloat and feel uncomfortable around the time of menstruation, it also just makes sense for them to wear looser, less revealing clothes at this time ; women may also wear more concealing clothes due to concerns about staining.

Stackable connectors are not classified as hermaphroditic in the strictest sense, but are often described as such in looser usage.

The term " blood law " is sometimes used in a looser sense, to mean any form of capital punishment, or any form of collective revenge without a formal trial.

In a looser sense, real things are called " perfect " if they approximate perfection more or less closely, though they be not, strictly speaking, perfect.

The reconstituted group had a new sound that was looser, more wholly groove-oriented and built on Katz's impeccable sense of rhythm and songwriting skills.

In contrast to classical physics, modern physics is a slightly looser term which may refer to just quantum physics or to 20th and 21st century physics in general and so always includes quantum theory and may include relativity.

Meanwhile, the elected chiefs have tended to be associated ( though in a much looser and general way ) with democratic, legislative and Canadian governmental values.

This contributes to a much looser attitude toward sexuality in general among dragonriders than in the rest of Pernese society.

The looser application uses the same general concept, but the researched chooses countries that have similar characteristics but those characteristics are not strictly matched to a set of control variables.

According to Levine, Neo-Grec was a somewhat looser style, which " replaced the rhetorical form of classical architectural discourse by a more literal and descriptive syntax of form.

Some discourse communities are very formal with well established boundaries, while others may have a looser construction with greater freedom.

Furthermore, the Latin word cohors was used in a looser way to describe a rather large " company " of people ( see, for instance, cohors amicorum ).

( Politicians in looser senses of the word are discussed elsewhere in Wikipedia.

The Italian word brigata has a looser meaning as a synonym of " group " or " assembly ".

In the case of free verse, rhythm is often organized based on looser units of cadence rather than a regular meter.

Central party control is tightest in central government offices and in urban economic, industrial, and cultural settings ; it is considerably looser over government and party organizations in rural areas, where the majority of China's people live.

The result is similar to shuttle tatting but is slightly thicker and looser.

To work with a second color, a second needle is used. Although needle tatting looks similar to shuttle tatting, it differs in structure and is slightly thicker and looser because both the needle and the thread must pass through the stitches.

The SLP has fewer elastic and collagenous fibers than the two other layers, and thus is looser and more pliable.

It is usually longer and looser than the average T-shirt, and it is typically made of softer material.

Acquaintance is a weaker relationship than aggregation and suggests much looser coupling between objects, which can often be desirable for maximum maintainability in a design.

Most Orthodox are united in communion with each other, though unlike the Roman Catholic Church, this is a looser connection rather than a top-down hierarchy ( see primus inter pares ).

The tension of the yarn is much looser than in standard crochet or knitting.

He is credited with creating a looser, more improvised version of ragtime and adding blues to it ; Bolden's band was said to be the first to have brass instruments play the blues.

The ring of muscle which normally holds the foreskin closed is completely removed in the majority of circumcisions and cannot be regrown, so the covering resulting from stretching techniques is usually looser than that of a natural foreskin.

However, recent grants have used a looser wording, where the status is awarded to the " town ".

For instance, Sylvie Dubois and Barbara Horvath found that speakers in one Cajun Louisiana community were more likely to pronounce English " th " as ( or as ) if they participated in a relatively dense social network ( i. e. had strong local ties and interacted with many other speakers in the community ), and less likely if their networks were looser ( i. e. fewer local ties ) This is because not only class, but class aspirations, are important.

Martinet was told to speak in a mean and gruff voice, and described voicing Wario as a looser task than voicing Mario, since Mario's voice and personality is free-flowing, coming from the ground and floating into the air, while one of Wario's cornerstones is self-pity.