securely
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//səˈkjʊə.li//(Received Pronunciation)
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Definitions & Usage
adverb
#1(manner) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.
Example: “Check all personal items are securely stowed in the overhead lockers.”
Synonyms:
Translations:[DE]sicher
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“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:
“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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