Meaning : In a secure manner. In a manner free from danger.
Example :
She held the child securely.
Synonyms : firmly
Meaning : In a confident and unselfconscious manner.
Example :
He acts very securely in front of the camera.
In a tentative and self-conscious manner.
She always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father.Meaning : In a manner free from fear or risk.
Example :
The outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection.
In a manner involving risk.
Our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money.Meaning : In an invulnerable manner.
Example :
The agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held.