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securely

adv
/səˈkjʊə.li/UK/səˈkjʊɹ.li/US

Etymology

From secure + -ly.

  1. borrowed from sēcūrus
  2. formed as securely — “secure + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a secure manner

    In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.

    • Check all personal items are securely stowed in the overhead lockers.
    • A square seat, about as wide and unyielding as a table-top, was strapped securely to each donkey, and to this seat we clung, with no secureness at all.
    • Only 5% of securely attached male subjects showed subsequent psychopathology compared to 40% of the insecurer attached males.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at securely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at securely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at securely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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