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UK
/ˌɪnsɪkjˈɔːli/
]
ADVERB
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in a tentative and self-conscious manner
she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father -
in a manner involving risk
our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money
How To Use insecurely In A Sentence
- It also decreases the likelihood that a maintainer will insecurely use the file name (they need to use the file descriptor instead).
- On Lammergeiers, Berridge (1934) wrote ‘A favourite method of dealing with [ibex and chamois] is to swoop down suddenly upon a prospective victim that may be poised somewhat insecurely upon the steep hillside, so that the startled beast loses its foot-hold, and goes tumbling to death in the ravine below’ (p. 219). Archive 2006-01-01
- our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money
- she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father
- He had no idea the value of the barometer but it looked easily stealable and was insecurely fastened.
