safely

adv

Etymology: From Middle English savely; equivalent to safe + -ly.

1. In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.

   “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.”

2. In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting.

   “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.”