securely

adv

securely

adv

UK /səˈkjʊə.li/ · US /səˈkjʊɹ.li/

Etymology From secure + -ly.

1

Manner In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.

  • Check all personal items are securely stowed in the overhead lockers.
  • 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.1919, Ellen N. La Motte, Peking Dust:
1 more example
  • Only 5% of securely attached male subjects showed subsequent psychopathology compared to 40% of the insecurer attached males.2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment, page 15:

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