safely
adverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈseɪfli//
In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
adverb
- 1
In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
- 2
In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting.
Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cassock stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way.
Etymology
From Middle English savely; equivalent to safe + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more safely, safelier
- superlative
- most safely, safeliest
safely · In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
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