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Definition of Insecurely
1. Adverb. In a tentative and self-conscious manner. "She always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father"
2. Adverb. In a manner involving risk. "Our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money"
Definition of Insecurely
1. adv. In an insecure manner.
Definition of Insecurely
1. Adverb. In an insecure manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insecurely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insecurely
Literary usage of Insecurely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"It follows therefore that, where a suit for personal injuries is predicated upon
the alleged negligence of the defendant in insecurely tying a chain which ..."
2. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey, James Aston (1919)
"Shall not have in Volume II sound knots •with a diameter greater than 3 in.
or one-half the width of the face on which they appear, or insecurely attached ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Instructions to Juries in Civil and Criminal Cases by Henry Edward Randall (1922)
"... and that the boards were insecurely nailed, whereby and by reason thereof said
sidewalk became and was unsafe and dangerous, and was not reasonably safe ..."
4. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"... or one-fourth the width of the face on which they appear,—or knots over one-half
inch in diameter which are insecurely attached to the surrounding wood. ..."
5. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1907)
"Negligence in leaving turntable insecurely fastened. Edgington v. Burlington.
... Sufficiency of evidence to show that turntable was insecurely fastened. ..."
6. Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports: Supplementary to Rose's ...by Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose by Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose (1905)
"637, 638, holding ship not seaworthy when coverings of port which it is usual
custom to close before sailing, though structurally fit, are insecurely ..."
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