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insecurely

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in·se·cure  (ns-kyr)
adj.
1. Not sure or certain; doubtful: unemployed and facing an insecure future.
2. Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe: A shortage of military police made the air base insecure.
3. Not firm or fixed; unsteady: an insecure foothold.
4.
a. Lacking stability; troubled: an insecure relationship.
b. Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety: had always felt insecure at parties.
inse·curely adv.
inse·cureness n.
inse·curi·ty (-kyr-t) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.insecurely - in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father"
securely - in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera"
2.insecurely - in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money"
securely - in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection"
Translations
insecurely [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊəlɪ] ADV → de manera poco segura
insecurely
adv fastened → nicht sicher


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They climbed out of the smelting town, where eyrie houses perched insecurely on a precipitous landscape.
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While the rusty old knight was forced to climb a high tree, where he sat insecurely perched among the branches, feebly cursing the party as it departed.
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But Numa of the pit, having scented the spoor of his benefactor, was minded again to pass into the walled city, and with that idea in his cunning brain he crept stealthily along the outer side of the palisade, testing each gateway with a padded foot until at last he discovered one which seemed insecurely fastened.
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