in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; she held the child securely

[ Syn: firmly , firmly , firmly , firmly , firmly , firmly , firmly , firmly ]

in a confident and unselfconscious manner; he acts very securely in front of the camera'

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'

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'