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Grammar : Adj
Spell : seyf
Phonetic Transcription : seɪf



Definition of safer

Origin :
  • c.1300, "unscathed, unhurt, uninjured; free from danger or molestation, in safety, secure; saved spiritually, redeemed, not damned;" from Old French sauf "protected, watched-over; assured of salvation," from Latin salvus "uninjured, in good health, safe," related to salus "good health," saluber "healthful," all from PIE *solwos from root *sol- "whole" (cf. Latin solidus "solid," Sanskrit sarvah "uninjured, intact, whole," Avestan haurva- "uninjured, intact," Old Persian haruva-, Greek holos "whole").
  • As a quasi-preposition from c.1300, on model of French and Latin cognates. From late 14c. as "rescued, delivered; protected; left alive, unkilled." Meaning "not exposed to danger" (of places) is attested from late 14c.; of actions, etc., "free from risk," first recorded 1580s. Meaning "sure, reliable, not a danger" is from c.1600. Sense of "conservative, cautious" is from 1823. Paired alliteratively with sound (adj.) from late 14c. The noun safe-conduct (late 13c.) is from Old French sauf-conduit (13c.).
  • adj free from harm
  • adj not dangerous
  • adj cautious, conservative
Example sentences :
  • It won't be any safer to insult me now than it was yesterday.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Or perhaps it would be safer to begin with raspberries and cream.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • And yet it would have been safer, before they guessed that I was so rich.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He contents himself with a house in a more convenient and safer spot.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • However, I daresay it's safer for her that you can't ask her to tea.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • "I don't know but what the woods are safer than the city," observed Fenn.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • You see, it was safer to control his movements, and be sure of him.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • She will be more comfortable there, and safer, too, I think.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • No one would deny that the test proposed is fairer, speedier, and safer than any other.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • It is more advantageous to you and safer for me, that I should not be known as your agent.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various

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