Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (4)
1.
in a secure manner;
in a manner free from danger;
- Example: "she held the child securely"[syn: securely, firmly]
2. in a confident and unselfconscious manner;
- Example: "he acts very securely in front of the camera"
3. in a manner free from fear or risk;
- Example: "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection"
4. in an invulnerable manner;
- Example: "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Securely \Se*cure"ly\, adv.
In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without
danger; safely.
[1913 Webster]
His daring foe . . . securely him defied. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
securely
adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she
held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly]
2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very
securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely]
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" [ant:
insecurely]
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"