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safely adverb in safety, securely, with impunity, without risk, with safety, safe and sound 'Drive safely,' he said, and waved goodbye. Translations safely [ˈseɪflɪ] ADV 1. (= without danger) it can safely be frozen for months → se puede congelar sin ningún problema or sin peligro durante varios meses you can walk about quite safely in this town → no se corre peligro andando por esta ciudad, no es peligroso andar por esta ciudad drive safely! → conduce con prudencia or cuidado I can safely say that → puedo afirmar con toda seguridad or sin miedo a equivocarme que ... 2. (= without incident) [land, return] (gen) → sin ningún percance; (in the midst of danger) → sano y salvo to arrive safely → llegar bien, llegar sin ningún percance 3. (= securely) all the doors were safely shut → todas las puertas estaban bien cerradas to put sth away safely → guardar algo en un lugar seguro she was safely tucked up in bed → estaba bien metidita en la cama the dogs were safely locked in the van → los perros estaban encerrados en la furgoneta, donde no podían hacer daño he's safely through to the semi-final → ya se ha asegurado el paso a las semifinales now that the exams are safely out of the way we can relax a bit → ahora que no tenemos la preocupación de los exámenes podemos relajarnos un poco safely [ˈseɪfli] adv (= without risk) [travel, go out] → en toute sécurité The waste is safely disposed of → Les déchets sont éliminés de façon sûre. drive safely! → soyez prudent! (= without mishap) → sans encombre We arrived home safely → Nous sommes arrivés à la maison sans encombre. (= confidently) I can safely say → Je peux dire à coup sûr ... safe passage n to grant sb safe passage → accorder un laissez-passer à qn safe seat n (POLITICS) → siège m sûr safe sex n → rapports mpl sexuels sans risque; (with condom) → rapports mpl sexuels protégés safely adv (= unharmed) arrive, get home → wohlbehalten, heil; (= without problems also) → sicher, gut; (= without running risks) → unbesorgt, gefahrlos; drive → vorsichtig; (= solidly, firmly) → sicher, fest; (= not dangerously) → ungefährlich; drive safely! → fahr vorsichtig!; she held the door open until we were all safely inside → sie hielt die Tür auf, bis wir alle sicher drinnen waren; we can safely estimate that … → wir können mit einiger Sicherheit annehmen, dass …; I think I can safely say/claim/assume … → ich glaube, ich kann wohl or ruhig sagen/behaupten/annehmen …; I got safely through the first interview → ich bin gut or heil durch das erste Interview gekommen; the election is now safely out of the way → die Wahlen haben wir jetzt zum Glück hinter uns; money safely deposited in the bank → sicher auf der Bank deponiertes Geld; safely invested → sicher angelegt; to put something away safely → etw an einem sicheren Ort verwahren; he put it safely away in a drawer → er verwahrte es sicher in einer Schublade; put it safely out of the reach of the children → bringen Sie es vor den Kindern in Sicherheit; he’s safely locked away in prison → er sitzt hinter Schloss und Riegel; once the children are safely tucked up in bed → wenn die Kinder erst mal im Bett sind; he was safely tucked up in bed → er lag wohlvermummt im Bett; you can now safely turn off your computer → Sie können den Computer jetzt ausschalten safely [ˈseɪflɪ] adv (securely) → al sicuro; (without danger) → senza (correre) rischi, tranquillamente; (without accident) to arrive safely → arrivare sano/a e salvo/a I can safely say ... → posso tranquillamente asserire... safely [ˈseɪflɪ] adv (securely) → al sicuro; (without danger) → senza (correre) rischi, tranquillamente; (without accident) to arrive safely → arrivare sano/a e salvo/a I can safely say ... → posso tranquillamente asserire... How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ah, we safely may trust to its gleaming, And be sure it will lead us aright -- We safely may trust to a gleaming That cannot but guide us aright, Since it flickers up to Heaven through the night. No man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among men. For this I shall impatiently wait, and meanwhile can safely assure you that I never was more at ease, or better satisfied with myself and everything about me than at the present hour. |
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