Securely Definition & Meaning

securely
adverb
  1. in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely"
  2. in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera"
  3. 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. 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"

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