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SECURELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
Example:
she held the child securely
Synonyms:
firmly; securely
Classified under:
Pertainym:
secure (not likely to fail or give way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In an invulnerable manner
Example:
the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held
Classified under:
Pertainym:
secure (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a manner free from fear or risk
Example:
the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection
Classified under:
Adverbs
Antonym:
insecurely (in a manner involving risk)
Pertainym:
secure (free from danger or risk)
Sense 4
Meaning:
In a confident and unselfconscious manner
Example:
he acts very securely in front of the camera
Classified under:
Adverbs
Antonym:
insecurely (in a tentative and self-conscious manner)
Pertainym:
secure (free from fear or doubt; easy in mind)
Context examples:
It was tied securely with a broad band of purple silk, and firmly sealed at either end with a large red seal.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The type of locking device used to securely fasten the electrical leads to the device.
(Electrical Lead Locking Type, NCI Thesaurus)
At the fort Beauty Smith left him securely tied and went in to bed.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Then they came over and made sure that I was securely bound.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was securely hidden in his nest under a foot of snow.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
A pellet intended for insertion securely within the body.
(Implantable Pellet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Oilskins and sea-boots were hanging from the walls, and here and there rifles and shotguns rested securely in the racks.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There I settled into a convenient fork, and, balancing myself securely, I found myself looking down at a most wonderful panorama of this strange country in which we found ourselves.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In a house so furnished, and so guarded, she could have nothing to explore or to suffer, and might go to her bedroom as securely as if it had been her own chamber at Fullerton.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A solid in the shape of a small sphere intended to be embedded securely in the body and designed to release active and/or inert ingredient(s) at a controlled, prolonged rate so as to reduce dosing frequency.
(Extended Release Bead Implant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
