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Securely   /sɪkjˈʊrli/   Listen
Securely

adverb
1.
In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger.  Synonym: firmly.
2.
In a confident and unselfconscious manner.  Antonym: insecurely.
3.
In a manner free from fear or risk.  Antonym: insecurely.
4.
In an invulnerable manner.





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"Securely" Quotes from Famous Books



... the chicks which would ultimately come forth from the eggs in her nest, it is just as truly impossible to frighten the pregnant mother and thereby influence the final developmental product of the human egg which is so securely tucked away in its uterine nest; for, when conception has occurred, the human embryo is just as truly an egg—fashioned and formed—as is the larger and shell-contained embryo of the chick which lies in the nest of ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler
... polished floors, carpets should be covered with linen crash, tightly and securely laid, in order to stand ...
— The Book of Good Manners • W. C. Green
... flowery ling Low chuckle to their mates—or startled, spring Away on rustling pinions to the sky, Wheel round and round in many an airy ring, Then swooping downward to their covert hie, And, lodged beneath the heath again securely lie. ...
— The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction, No. 391 - Vol. 14, No. 391, Saturday, September 26, 1829 • Various
... and so well I affect it That I could wish I had nere hunted after Any delight but this, nor sought more honour. This is securely safe, drawes on no danger, Nor is this Chace crost with malignant envy. How sweatly do I live and laugh upon The perrills I have past, the plotts and traynes! And now (methincks) I dare securely looke on The steepe and desprat follyes my indiscretion Like a blind careles foole ...
— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various
... all important factors in water polo and should be practised constantly. In passing it is well to bear in mind that the object in view is to give the ball securely to one's team-mate. Pass high and carefully; a low throw may be intercepted and a hard one fumbled. Specially in close quarters high ...
— Swimming Scientifically Taught - A Practical Manual for Young and Old • Frank Eugen Dalton and Louis C. Dalton


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