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securely, adv.|sɪˈkjʊəlɪ|
[f. secure a. + -ly2.]
In a secure manner (in various senses).
†1. In a manner free from care or apprehension; carelessly; confidently; without care or misgiving.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 3 Whose youth was spent In dangerous warres, whilst you securely slept. 1593― Rich. II, ii. i. 266 We see the winde sit sore vpon our sailes, And yet we strike not, but securely perish. 1631Gouge God's Arrows i. §60 A Priest by vertue of his calling readily and securely admitted lepers to come to him. 1678Bunyan Pilgr. i. (1900) 67 When I dwelt securely at home. 1707Atterbury Vind. Doctr. Funeral Serm. 42 Whether any of the Reasonings..are inconsistent with each other, I securely leave to the Judgment of the Reader. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 297 We have nothing but thoughtlessness and insensibility of danger to make us enjoy prosperity securely. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. iv. 25 Trusting securely to the power of his own eloquence.
2. Without danger; in security; safely.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 118 Being vnder shade securely sconst, Which place he had elected for the nonst. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 67 This animal [the Reindeer] goes as securely as if it were upon the Ground. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 396 How deep they must be planted woud'st thou know? In shallow Furrows Vines securely grow. a1700Evelyn Diary 11 May 1652, Two cut-throates started out, and..haled me into a deepe thickett some quarter of a mile from the highway, where they might securely rob me. a1701Maundrell Journ. Jerus. 19 Mar. (1732) 43 Princes can never sleep securely but by day. 1784Cowper Tiroc. 808 Tenants of life's middle state, Securely plac'd between the small and great. 1871Geo. Eliot Middlem. xxi, It was in that way Dorothea came to be sobbing as soon as she was securely alone.
3. Without risk of error; certainly.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxviii. §12, I may securely therefore conclude that there are [etc.]. 1877Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxii. 297 As I am securely informed. Ibid. lxxxiv. 409 The metaphor..I do not yet securely understand.
4. Firmly.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxiii. 293 They had tied the dogs securely, as they thought: but Toodla and four others had broken loose. 1908[Miss Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 14 Those wrought stones..are now securely clamped to the south wall. |