1 without being harmed, damaged or lost:
The plane landed safely.
2 in a way that does not cause harm or that protects sb/sth from harm:
The bomb has been safely disposed of. * The money is safely locked in a drawer.
3 without much possibility of being wrong:
We can safely say that he will accept the job.
4 without any possibility of the situation changing:
I thought the kids were safely tucked up in bed. * The election was safely out of the way, at last.
5 without any problems being caused; with no risk:
These recommendations can safely be ignored.
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for safely is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is safely a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, safely is tagged as adverb.
Does safely appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — safely appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
