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/ˈseɪfli/
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ˈseɪfli
Adverb
In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
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With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting.
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Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cassock stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way.
Adverb
with safety; in a safe manner
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we are safely out of there