safely

American  

[seyf-lee] / ˈseɪf li /

adverb

1. without harm or injury.

   The travel team has arrived safely and on schedule.

2. without risk or danger.

   While we sit safely in our air-conditioned homes complaining, he’s driving across the country working for change.

3. in a way that protects from loss, damage, or harm.

   I wanted that piece of paper safely filed away, just in case I needed to look at it again.

4. without likelihood of being wrong; with reasonable assurance.

   I think we can safely say that the zoo expects some puma kittens later this year!

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Other Word Forms

• quasi-safely adverb
• supersafely adverb
• unsafely adverb

Etymology

Origin of safely

safe + -ly

Example Sentences

Videos on social media have documented the outage, with one appearing to show it resulting in a highway collision, although police said no injuries had been reported and passengers exited their vehicles safely.

From BBC

NASA’s Artemis II mission is designed to power a crew of four astronauts out to the moon, zip them around it and safely bring them back to Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

All passengers safely exited the vehicles and there were no injuries, the police added.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The next step to further this research is conducting randomized trials to determine if therapies that lower the impact of cortisol can safely and effectively treat high blood pressure in these patients."

From Science Daily

All Duke had to do, with 10 seconds left, was safely inbound the ball and hit their free throws to advance to Indianapolis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• carefully
• cautiously
• harmlessly