purely
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2.5
- adverb
- /ˈpjʊrli/
- The decision was based purely on the facts presented during the investigation.
- purely political
- purely economic
- purely cultural
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Watch on YouTubeShe's never like this purely evil thing.
- She's never like this purely evil thing.
- What does that do from a purely egoistic perspective?
- But at the time it was purely an instinctual thing.
- It's inexplicable what we're drawn to as children because it's purely intuition.
- But if I was purely writing as a writer.
- So physical science works with this purely quantitative vocabulary.
- But I'm not blaming that purely on Uber and what they've done.
- He's saying like I enjoyed purely the violence of it.
- Cause like our news is purely domestic driven.
Examples
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Justice and charity were considered to be no more than purely individual obligations.
Academic text (1990) -
This is a purely social event.
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And part of the reason for that was purely finance.
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Or is the reason purely political?
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I was picked purely by chance.
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In the end, however, he justified his decision to buy in purely economic terms.
Academic text (2011) -
You can tell yourself that many of these disturbances were purely local.
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For instance, geometric relationships may be expressed in purely mathematical terms without any mention of space.
Academic text (1990) -
It's purely personal.
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But the educational purpose of Masaccio's chapel remained purely one of reception; it remained secondary to its religious function.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The single person or thing of its kind
∞
1.0
You say this when something is only what is said, nothing more
∞
1.5
Only, not anything else
∞
2.2
Completely without leaving anything out
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3.1
Only and nothing more
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4.0
Only, not involving anyone or anything else
191
3.3
In a way that includes no other people or things
177
3.7
It applies only to allowed people or mentioned things
81
3.4
Completely in every way
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How Pure
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Morphology
Etymology
Purely comes from pure, which means 'clean' or 'not mixed', and the ending -ly, which turns it into a word that describes how something is done. So purely means 'only' or 'just', like 'pure' water with nothing added.