Baggily
baglike; hanging loosely.
Historical Examples
Meffia slouched and sagged along, a semi-boneless creature, her clothing hanging on her baggily and unbecomingly.
The Unwilling Vestal Edward Lucas White
adjective -gier, -giest
(of clothes) hanging loosely; puffed out
noun (pl) -gies
a variant spelling of bagie
adj.
“puffed out, hanging loosely,” 1831, from bag (n.) + -y (2). Bagging in this sense is from 1590s. Baggie as a small protective plastic bag is from 1969. Baggies “baggy shorts” is from 1962, surfer slang. Related: Baggily; bagginess.
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