securely

comparative more securely · superlative most securely

1. mannerIn a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.

   Check all personal items are securely stowed in the overhead lockers.

   2 more examples

   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.

   1919, Ellen N. La Motte, Peking Dust

   Only 5% of securely attached male subjects showed subsequent psychopathology compared to 40% of the insecurer attached males.

   2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment, page 15

   Synonyms: safely