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Definition of Securely
1. Adverb. In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger. "She held the child securely"
2. Adverb. In a confident and unselfconscious manner. "He acts very securely in front of the camera"
3. Adverb. In a manner free from fear or risk. "The outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection"
4. Adverb. In an invulnerable manner. "The agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held"
Definition of Securely
1. adv. In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
Definition of Securely
1. Adverb. In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Securely
1. secure [adv] - See also: secure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Securely
Literary usage of Securely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"You know that they live securely and have no fear of their servants ? What should
they fear ? Nothing. But do you observe the reason of this ? ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"securely. A declaration against a cab proprietor, which stated that plaintiff hired
... securely FENCED. A statute requiring a railroad right of way to be ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Any desired load and speed can be maintained by means of the friction brakes
which are bolted securely to stone foundations — in this respect differing from ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"He was unable to get at the English, who were securely posted behind the marshes,
and challenged Edward to come out to battle. ..."
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