SAFELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does safely mean? 

• SAFELY (adverb)
  The adverb SAFELY has 1 sense:

1. with safety; in a safe manner

  Familiarity information: SAFELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAFELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With safety; in a safe manner

Context example:

we are safely out of there

 Context examples 

Then giving a great spring, he shot through the air and landed safely on the other side.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The new century will have come, however, before the story can be safely told.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was safely down, and instantly, to show her enjoyment, ran up the steps to be jumped down again.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

How close could the rover safely get to an RSL?

(NASA Weighs Use of Rover to Image Potential Mars Water Sites, NASA)

Such an agent is likely to alter the pattern of treatment of the disease and can be safely administered by properly trained physicians without specialized supportive care facilities.

(Group C/Treatment IND Protocol, NCI Thesaurus)

Well, my dear, and did you get there safely?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Tom arrived safely, bringing an excellent account of his father's health; but to very little purpose, as far as Mrs. Norris was concerned.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“If either of you saw my ankles,” she said, when she was safely elevated, “say so, and I'll go home and destroy myself!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I believe, ma'am, I may safely promise you never to dance with him.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Wash and dry all parts of his/her body safely and completely?

(DAD - Wash and Dry All Parts of Body Safely and Completely, NCI Thesaurus)