securely

From secure +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈkjʊɹli/, /səˈkjɝli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈkjʊəli/, /səˈkjɔːli/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: se‧cure‧ly

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^[1]:

     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.

• “securely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Lecuyers