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Definitions: Securely |
SecurelyAdverb1. In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely". 2. In a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in fron of the camera". 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". 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "securely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: SecurelySynonym: firmly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: insecurely (adv). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | At this point, you might be asking yourself, 'why am I holding this 30lb. Cinder block in my hands? You might also ask yourself, 'why does this cinder block have a long piece of string tied to it? And finally, why is the other end of this string tied securely to your penis? (Old School; writing credit: Court Crandall; Todd Phillips) | |
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 | A coral fragment reattached using the experimental plastic ties that were later discarded in favor of stainless steel wire that could be tightened more securely.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Senior Airman Bobby Ridgeway makes sure that Maj. Kevin Jens is securely strapped into his F-16 during 12th Air Force's Gila Bomb 00-2 competition. Both are from the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Jens earned the Best Low-Angle Strafe. |
 | The bellowing steer was dragged backward, his left foot securely roped / E. Fuhr.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Explorer's tent and belongings anchored securely so they won't be blown away.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The body after being lowered, is securely fastened to the chassis and the headlights adjusted. Ford River Rouge plant.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Blitz buggies. The body is securely fastened to the chassis, and the headlights adjusted. Ford River Rouge plant.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It imparted to the wearer a kind of sacredness, which enabled her to walk securely amid all peril. |
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Health | Tape the cardboard to the container securely, and punch small holes in the cardboard, allowing the bat to breathe. (references) | |
In 1988, it was discovered that the membranes of certain nerve cells contain protein receptors that bind THC. Once securely in place, THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience when they smoke marijuana. (references) | ||
Business | The sooner a bank makes its services available at a practical level via phone and is able to support data transmission securely and quickly, the greater advantage it will have over its competitors. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nigeria | Police cited their inability to securely transport detainees to trial on their scheduled trial dates as one reason why so many of the detainees were denied a trial. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like. The first of these rights was once universally believed to be derived directly from the will of God; and this is still sometimes affirmed in partibus infidelium outside the enlightened realms of Democracy; as the well known lines of Sir Abednego Bink, following: By what right, then, do royal rulers rule? Whose is the sanction of their state and pow'r? He surely were as stubborn as a mule Who, God unwilling, could maintain an hour His uninvited session on the throne, or air His pride securely in the Presidential chair. Whatever is is so by Right Divine; Whate'er occurs, God wills it so. Good land! It were a wondrous thing if His design A fool could baffle or a rogue withstand! If so, then God, I say (intending no offence) Is guilty of contributory negligence. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We will respond if others reduce their use of force, and we will withdraw our soldiers once South Vietnam is securely guaranteed the right to shape its own future. |
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| "Securely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Securely" is used about 359 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 359 | 15,003 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "securely": securely established. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
card credit online online pal pay purchase securely superstore | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "securely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mirë (alright, decently, good, myrrh, nice, nicely, ok, okay, okey, well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уверено (surely), сигурно (certainly, doubtless, must, reliably, safely, sure, surely), надеждно (reliably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 安全地 (safely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pevnì (adamantly, fast, firm, firmly, fixedly, strongly, substantially). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | åben i den ene ende med sidefold,bunden lukkes med tape og skal være forsvarligt sammensyet (bottom closure taped and securely sewn, gussetted, open one end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | éen open einde,met vouw,bodemsluiting met plakband dichtgekleefd en stevig genaaid (bottom closure taped and securely sewn, gussetted, open one end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | turvallisesti (safely, with confidence), lujasti (firmly, hard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gueule ouverte fond cousu et collé avec soufflets; gueule ouverte fond cousu ou collé avec soufflets (bottom closure taped and securely sewn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sicher (assured, assuredly, blue chip, certain, certainly, certainty, confident, definite, easily, fast, immune, of course, prof, proof, reliable, safe, safely, secure, stable, steady, sure, surely, surfeited, unendangered, unharmful, unmistaken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ασφαλώσ (certainly, surely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | biztosan (assuredly, certainly, necessarily, safely, snugly, sure, surely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | saldamente (fast, tight), in modo sicuro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 안 하게 (safely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecurelysay наглухо (tightly). (various references) bezbedno (safely, surely). (various references) rotfast (rooted, securely established). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | tute, tuto. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh tekthnh epi son filon kaka paroikounta kai pepoiqota epi soi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne moliaris amico tuo malum cum ille in te habeat fiduciam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ne caste thou to thi frend euel, whan he in thee hath trost. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Ayaw pagtinguha sa kadautan batok sa imong isigkatawo, Sa makita mo nga siya nagapuyo sa kasigurohan tupad kanimo. |
| Croatian | Ne kuj zla svome bližnjemu dok on bez straha kod tebe boravi. |
| Danish | Tænk ikke på ondt mod din Næste, når han tillidsfuldt bor i din Nærhed. |
| Dutch | Smeed geen kwaad tegen uw naaste, aangezien hij met vertrouwen bij u woont. |
| Finnish | Älä mieti pahaa lähimmäistäsi vastaan, kun hän luottavaisesti luonasi asuu. |
| French | Ne médite pas le mal contre ton prochain, Lorsqu`il demeure tranquillement près de toi. |
| German | Trachte nicht Böses wider deinen Nächsten, der auf Treue bei dir wohnt. |
| Haitian Creole | Moun k'ap viv ansanm avè ou, ki mete konfyans yo nan ou, pa manniganse anyen ki pou fè yo mal. |
| Hungarian | Ne forralj a te felebarátod ellen gonoszt, holott õ együtt ül bátorságosan te veled. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Janganlah merencanakan sesuatu yang merugikan sesamamu yang tinggal di dekatmu dan mempercayaimu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Janganlah engkau mengupayakan jahat akan samamu manusia, sedang ia duduk sertamu dengan percayanya. |
| Italian | Non tramare il male contro il tuo prossimo mentre egli dimora fiducioso presso di te. |
| Maori | Kei whakatakoto i te kino mo tou hoa, kei te noho hu noa na hoki ia i tou taha. |
| Norwegian | Legg ikke op onde råd mot din næste, når han kjenner sig trygg hos dig! |
| Rumanian | Nu gkndi rqu kmpotriva aproapelui tqu, cknd locuiewte liniwtit lkngq tine. |
| Russian | оЕ ЪБНЩЫМСК ТПФЙЧ 'МЙЦОЕЗП ФЧПЕЗП ЪМБ, ЛПЗ"Б ПО 'ЕЪ П БУЕОЙС ЦЙЧЕФ У ФП'ПА. |
| Swedish | Stämpla intet ont mot din nästa, när han menar sig bo trygg i din närhet. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "securely": insecurely. (additional references) | |
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"Securely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Seurel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "securely" (pronounced sikyuh"rlē) |
| 5 | -y uh" r l ē | demurely, purely. |
| 4 | -uh" r l ē | poorly, prematurely, surely. |
| 3 | -r l ē | austerely, barely, barley, cavalierly, Charley, Charlie, clearly, dearly, fairly, gnarly, hourly, merely, nearly, parley, rarely, severely, sincerely, sorely, squarely, unfairly, yearly. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-l-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: recluse. | |
-2 letters: celery, cereus, ceruse, creels, cresyl, lucres, lycees, recuse, rescue, secure, surely, ulcers. | |
-3 letters: ceres, clues, creel, cruel, cruse, cures, curls, curly, curse, ecrus, eyers, eyres, leers, leery, luces, lucre, lures, lycee, lyres, reels, reuse, rules, scree, seely, slyer, sucre, surly, sycee, ulcer, yules. | |
-4 letters: cees, cels, cere, clue, crus, cues, cure, curl. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-l-r-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: insecurely. | |
+3 letters: excursively, lecherously, reclusively, recursively. | |
+4 letters: counterstyle, cumbersomely, percussively, preclusively, respectfully. | |
+5 letters: ceremoniously, counterstyles, destructively, picturesquely, resourcefully, reticulocytes, treacherously, unnecessarily. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 63 75 72 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -.-. ..- .-. . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100011 01110101 01110010 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e c u r e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0063 0075 0072 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371698784717891 |
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