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Meanings of insecurely in English

In a manner involving risk.

Usage of insecurely in English
1
On the desk between them, a stack of Jenga logs rest insecurely.
The Irish Times
2
S. Consul, tacked insecurely on the door, and the utter loneliness.
The Puppet Crown
3
According to their arrangement he had left the door insecurely fastened.
I Spy
4
His knife slipped insecurely and scraped against the plate in fumbling and palsied hands.
Java Head
5
Uncle Jim made the clumsy gestures of those who struggle insecurely in the water.
The History of Mr. Polly
6
All worked well, but there came a time when he fastened the pine-knot insecurely.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
7
You love the pedestal on which you stand so insecurely.
Jane Cable
8
He was still very insecurely seated upon the English throne.
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick
9
She had not expected the gates to yield-herfather must have insecurely fastened them.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
10
He gave me the impression of a man holding insecurely on to intelligible life.
The Mountebank
11
Therefore their position, however strong it may seem for the moment, is insecurely founded.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections
12
For too insecurely doth he stand who casteth not all his care upon Thee.
The Imitation of Christ
13
David's horses, insecurely picketed, had pulled up their stakes in the night and gone.
The Emigrant Trail
14
A man rides through life insecurely seated on his passions.
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
15
They rode very insecurely in an open anchorage, the wind blowing continually hard at S.S.E.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
16
All the lamps of the promenade were insecurely flickering.
Clayhanger
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