Adjective

(er)

Not in danger; free from harm's reach.

Free from risk; harmless, riskless.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

(baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.

Properly secured; secure.

(used after a noun, often, forming a compound) Not in danger from the specified source of harm.

(UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable;

* {{quote-newsgroup, year=1996, date=August 12, author="Mandrake", title=Re: Multiple Messages - an apology

, newsgroup=uk.people.gothic citation , passage=and you also forgot to mentioned(SIC) the wheels man you know bmw playing¶ ragga jungle hip hop tunes¶ and on the mobile¶ yeah safe !¶ nice one¶ later}}

* {{quote-book, year=1996 or 1997, year_published=2002, publisher=Methuen

, author=Roy Williams, title=Plays 1: The No Boys Cricket Club / Startstruck / Lift Off citation , isbn=9780413772091, page=165 , passage=Young Mal: Yu can’t. Irie means yer cool, yer safe , everything awright.}}

* {{quote-book, year=2000, year_published=2005, publisher=Justin, Charles & Co.

, author=Teddy Hayes, title=Dead by Popular Demand, section=Chapter 14 citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mjbGFX-X_-8C&pg=PT145&dq=yeah+safe+laters&hl=en&ei=0r5ZTPPdE4ymOKyAufII&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw

v=onepage&q&f=false

, isbn=9781932112238, page=134 , passage=“If you need more, just ring, yeah?” Punch said.¶ “Safe ,” Brian answered.}}

* {{quote-book, year=2002, publisher=Trentham Books, author=Danny Braverman

, title=Playing a Part: Drama and Citizenship, section=One Thursday — a short play citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=pJIGiwslfZoC&pg=PA62&dq=safe , isbn=9781858562424, page=62 , passage=They end the call.'' Fami ''goes over to'' Paul. ''They touch hands .¶ Femi: Yeah, safe man.}}

* (rfdate) Steve Carter, Love, Sex and Tesco's Finest Cava , page 169:

“Yeah, safe mate, wassup?” says one hoodie, who should at least be credited with attempting a more detailed sentence construction.

Reliable.

Cautious.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.

Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.

* Bible, John xvi. 7

It is expedient for you that I go away.

* Whately

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient , since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less.

Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.

* 1861 , John Stuart Mill,

But the Expedient', in the sense in which it is opposed to the Right, generally means that which is ' expedient for the particular interest of the agent himself; as when a minister sacrifices the interests of his country to keep himself in place.

(obsolete) Quick; rapid; expeditious.

* Shakespeare

His marches are expedient to this town.