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[ adverb ] in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
Synonyms Examples "she held the child securely" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)His Mary would be slender of limb and delicate of proportion , yet she must hold this full-grown man as securely and convincingly as she would a child . |
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[ adverb ] in a confident and unselfconscious manner
Examples "he acts very securely in front of the camera" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a manner free from fear or risk
Examples "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in an invulnerable manner
Examples "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held" Related terms |
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