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safeliest

safeliest is the superlative form of safely.

Meaning of safely

Adverb

safely (comparative more safely or (rare) safelier, superlative most safely or (rare) safeliest)

  1. In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what...1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
  2. In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting.
    • Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cassock stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about safeliest

What is safeliest the superlative form of?
Safeliest is the superlative form of safely.

Words near safeliest in the dictionary

  1. safekeeping
  2. safekeepings
  3. safekeeps
  4. safekept
  5. safelier
  6. safeliest
  7. safelight
  8. safelights
  9. safelike
  10. safelist
  11. safelisted

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