What does safely mean?

safely means "with safety; in a safe manner".

How many syllables are in safely?

safely has 2 syllables: safe-ly. The stress falls on "safe". In IPA it is /ˈseɪfli/.

Is safely a common word?

safely is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

safely — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
with safety; in a safe manner
“we are safely out of there”

Questions about safely

What does safely mean?: safely means "with safety; in a safe manner".
How many syllables are in safely?: safely has 2 syllables: safe-ly. The stress falls on "safe". In IPA it is /ˈseɪfli/.
Is safely a common word?: safely is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for safely come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

safely

adverb

Questions about safely

Appears in

Nearby in the dictionary

Where this word lives

Explore from here