SECURELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does securely mean? 

• SECURELY (adverb)
  The adverb SECURELY has 4 senses:

1. in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger

2. in a confident and unselfconscious manner

3. in a manner free from fear or risk

4. in an invulnerable manner

  Familiarity information: SECURELY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECURELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger

Synonyms:

firmly; securely

Context example:

she held the child securely

Pertainym:

secure (not likely to fail or give way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a confident and unselfconscious manner

Context example:

he acts very securely in front of the camera

Antonym:

insecurely (in a tentative and self-conscious manner)

Pertainym:

secure (free from fear or doubt; easy in mind)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a manner free from fear or risk

Context example:

the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection

Antonym:

insecurely (in a manner involving risk)

Pertainym:

secure (free from danger or risk)

Sense 4

Meaning:

In an invulnerable manner

Context example:

the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held

Pertainym:

secure (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with)

 Context examples 

A solid intended for insertion securely within the body.

(Implant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

I did not wake her, but tucked her up warmly; I have taken care that the door is locked and the window securely fastened.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He began to collect them and sort them out, in packages of a hundred, tying each package securely with twine.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A material containing drug intended to be inserted securely and deeply in a living site for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union.

(Implant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

“Where do you come from?” asked the tinker, giving his hand another turn in my shirt, to hold me more securely.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I bent over her and placed the portrait securely in one of the folds of her dress.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

And fasten the door securely on the inside.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Had it been otherwise, I must long ago have perished; but as it was, it is surprising how easily and securely my little and light boat could ride.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

His hands and feet were securely strapped together, and he bore over one eye the marks of a violent blow.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hans refused to touch Dennin, but Edith lashed him securely, hand and foot.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)