safely

«safely» in Mova's school dictionary: without danger, harm or accident — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (safely, more safely, most safely)

meaning for a pupil

1) Safely means without danger, harm or accident. tree →

2) Safely can mean with no risk of being wrong: «You can safely say it was fun». tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, children learn to cross the road safely, ride bikes safely, swim safely, use scissors safely, and get online safely. Arriving safely means reaching a place without being hurt. Phrases: «get home safely», «drive safely», «safely back», «arrived safely».

examples

• Cross the road safely at the lights. tree →
• We arrived home safely. tree →
• Carry the scissors safely, points down. tree →
• The plane landed safely. tree →
• Learn to use the internet safely. tree →
• Store medicines safely out of reach. tree →
• The firefighters led everyone safely outside. tree →
• I can safely say this is the best day ever. tree →

note

From «safe» + «-ly». «Safe» describes a person or place (adjective); «safely» describes how something is done (adverb): «Drive safely», «Be safe». Noun: «safety».

In the corpora

• Rules and laws are shared agreements so everyone can live together safely.
• Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.
• To log in safely, open the app or website yourself instead of using a link in a message.
• Wires can hold actors up safely, and the wires are removed later by computer.
• Many young reef fish grow up safely among mangrove roots, so where mangroves are cut down, some reefs have fewer fish.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «safely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.