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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
safely
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arrive safely
▪ She phoned to say she had arrived safely.
we can safely assume (=it is almost certain)
▪ I think we can safely assume that interest rates will go up again soon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Most air travellers would be prepared to pay more to be sure of travelling safely.
▪ Once we were safely back on shore, we checked the boat for damage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All of them had safely negotiated Becher's for the second time.
▪ Although if I had, I can safely say that the last thing I would be doing is running for president.
▪ He won the general in a landslide because he ran in a safely Republican district against a delusional Democrat with no campaign.
▪ If Galileo gets safely off the pad, that will improve the odds considerably.
▪ Quick of eye and sure of foot, she reached the other side safely.
▪ The country lacked the technology to store the waste safely and it was threatening water supplies.
▪ While security forces worried about getting him safely to the Capitol, Lincoln already had ridden there to get some bills signed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Safely

Safely \Safe"ly\, adv. In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
safely

late 13c., "without risk; without harm;" mid-14c., "without risk of error," from safe (adj.) + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
safely

adv. 1 In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else. 2 In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting.

WordNet
safely

adv. with safety; in a safe manner; "we are safely out of there"

Usage examples of "safely".

They all shuffle, all these strange lonely children of God, these mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives whose noisy aberrations are safely muffled now by drugs.

With this fellowship they came safely and with little pain unto Chestnut Vale, where they abode but one night, though to Ralph and Ursula the place was sweet for the memory of their loving sojourn there.

The abutments also must be strong enough to take safely the thrust of the weighted arch, as the slightest movement in these supports will cause deflection and failure.

The Slocum syndicate had just broken ground for a luxury development in the opposite direction on acreage safely within Magnolia city limits, Laura acknowledged.

The ambient was quiet, the horses were snug in their den, the dark-eyed little girl with the lively curiosity was safely in her room.

When Remy awakes, she is suffering from amnesia, and so at first she is bewildered by the potent attraction she feels toward the strangely familiar man who whisks her from her hospital bed and returns her safely to her home.

I think, at least safely infer that diversification of structure, amounting to new generic differences, would have been profitable to them.

Unfortunately that route was notorious for its bandits and cutthroats, and Arem needed a bodyguard to make sure he got through the short cut safely.

Until, one hopes, this conference is safely ended and all the attendees packed off to their respective solar systems.

Painfully tentative tugs at its contractile strands brought the dense, dark axial bar safely down into the pit.

He had only allowed himself a two-hour nap while Anoshi and Bap dropped safely off to sleep.

The leaders of the city garrison, magnates of France, were safe in the upper floors of the barbican tower and they stayed there until they recognized some English lords to whom they could safely surrender, while a dozen knights had escaped to the castle.

I returned when she was safely outside the Bawn, leaving Wilson Fallingleaves and Dale Talons to keep watch over her.

All these troops and the bulk of their materiel depended, to get ashore safely, on beaching or small landing craft.

Clipping the beeper safely to his belt, Nathan presses thumb and forefinger, his messages flying off to wherever they fly, to message heaven, the graveyard of electronically snubbed pleas and particles of undesired need.