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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#m1)

2) Safely can mean with no risk of being wrong: «You can safely say it was fun». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x1)
- We arrived home safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x2)
- Carry the scissors safely, points down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x3)
- The plane landed safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x4)
- Learn to use the internet safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x5)
- Store medicines safely out of reach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x6)
- The firefighters led everyone safely outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x7)
- I can safely say this is the best day ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/7/)
- [Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/14/)
- [To log in safely, open the app or website yourself instead of using a link in a message.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/16/)
- [Wires can hold actors up safely, and the wires are removed later by computer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/6/)
- [Many young reef fish grow up safely among mangrove roots, so where mangroves are cut down, some reefs have fewer fish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/178-mangroves-trees-in-salt-water-mudskippers-archerfish-and-swimming-tigers/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «safely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/safely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.