safely
/ˈseɪfli/SAY-flee
/ˈseɪfli/SAY-flee
Meaningin a safe way
Common meaning: without harm
- safsafe, unharmed; safetyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1623 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinsalvus; salūs‘safe, unharmed’
- Frenchsauf
- Middle Englishsaufsource
- Englishsafe‘free from danger’
- Englishformed in English from safesafely‘without harm’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from safe + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SAFE, p.522 · scan
Roots
- salvus; salūs Latin “safe, unharmed; safety”
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