insecurely

1. 1.

   in a tentative and self-conscious manner

   “she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father”

   Antonymssecurely
2. 2.

   in a manner involving risk

   “our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money”

   Antonymssecurely

Questions about insecurely

What does insecurely mean?

insecurely means "in a tentative and self-conscious manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insecurely?

insecurely has 5 syllables: in-se-cu-re-ly. The stress falls on "cu".

What is the opposite of insecurely?

The recorded antonyms are securely, securely.

Is insecurely a common word?

insecurely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.