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adverb
in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
"she held the child securely"
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in a confident and unselfconscious manner
"he acts very securely in front of the camera"
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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"
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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"