securely

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English

Etymology

From secure +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

securely (comparative more securely, superlative most securely)

  1. (manner) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.
    Synonym: safely
    Check all personal items are securely stowed in the overhead lockers.
    • 1919, Ellen N. La Motte, Peking Dust‎:
      A square seat, about as wide and unyielding as a table-top, was strapped securely to each donkey, and to this seat we clung, with no secureness at all.
    • 2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment, page 15:
      Only 5% of securely attached male subjects showed subsequent psychopathology compared to 40% of the insecurer attached males.

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