unsafelyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈseɪfli/, U.S. /ˌənˈseɪfli/ In an unsafe manner; without safety or surety.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adverb] > insecurely or unsafely
unsickerly?a1400
unsurely1595
ticklely1601
infirmly1615
unsafely1626
tickly1661
insecurely1709
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adverb]
sliddera1400
slipperlyc1412
untrustlyc1440
precariously1646
ambiguously1706
uncertain1785
unreliably1857
treacherously1860
unsafely1870
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 209 Valour vnsafelie copes with valiant foes.
1692 J. Dryden Eleonora 24 Take it,..before my rage Unsafely just, break loose on this bad Age.
1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. xxxix. 20 Even there, if left without a guide, The young adventurer unsafely plays.
1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours ii. 45 It may not unsafely be asserted, that..those elements..exist in..every single star.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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