securely
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
she held the child securely
Related & opposite
- secure derived from
Sense 2 adverb
in a confident and unselfconscious manner
he acts very securely in front of the camera
Related & opposite
- insecurely antonym
- secure derived from
Sense 3 adverb
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
Related & opposite
- insecurely antonym
- secure derived from
Sense 4 adverb
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
Related & opposite
- impregnable derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | secure |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | insecurely |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | secure |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | insecurely |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | secure |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | impregnable |