well-secured

adjective(well secured when postpositive)

having been made fast or firm: well secured with steel brackets

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How to use well-secured in a sentence

My blindfold was not well secured, so I could see over the top.
A Syrian Soldier on Being Arrested for Refusing to Shoot Civilians | Andrew Slater | September 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the nuclear assets are well secured and will always remain so.
Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Defends His Country | Mike Giglio | June 7, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Near the top was a window—from it hung a stout rope, which his quick eye saw was well secured.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
This is a great privilege for parents and pupils; and it could not have been so well secured at any other point.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions | George S. Boutwell
Private rights were as well secured, and public justice as well awarded here, as there.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft

A Chinaman keeps all his possessions "within six sides," as the saying goes, and certainly the box was very well secured.
The Daffodil Mystery | Edgar Wallace
But when well secured, it is held in play for a while by the experienced fisher, soon becomes exhausted, and is hauled on board.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. Audubon

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