I can see that the recipe is a chemical formula only in the very loosest sense.

The six paintings on view are landscapes in only the loosest sense.

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

The term is also used in looser senses, albeit less formally.

In a looser sense, it can also refer to individuals taking the law into their own hands, usually through violence or other illegal behavior.

They will, of course, despite this, have been "of the same type" in some looser sense.

I say 'noticed' in the loosest possible sense of the word.

They were, in fact, only bombs in the very loosest sense of the word.

Art events (often in the loosest sense of the word) begin at 7pm each evening and they are always free.

I use the word apartment here in its loosest sense.