securely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English secure

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English securely

From secure + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈkjʊə.li/, /səˈkjɔː.li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈkjʊɹ.li/, /səˈkjɝ.li/, /səˈkjɔɹ.li/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: se‧cure‧ly

Adverb

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.

Translations

in a secure manner

• French: en sécurité, solidement (fr), fermement (fr)
• German: sicher (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba)
• Latin: tūtō
• Norwegian: sikkert (no)
• Polish: bezpiecznie (pl)
• Russian: надёжно (ru) (nadjóžno), безопа́сно (ru) (bezopásno)
• Spanish: seguramente (es), firmemente (es), bien (es)
• Swedish: säkert (sv), tryggt (sv)
• Turkish: güvenle, güvenlice, emniyetli (tr)

References

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

Anagrams

• Lecuyers