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purely

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pure  (pyr)
adj. pur·er, pur·est
1. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed: pure oxygen.
2. Free from adulterants or impurities: pure chocolate.
3. Free of dirt, defilement, or pollution: "A memory without blot or contamination must be . . . an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment" (Charlotte Brontë).
4. Free of foreign elements.
5. Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous: a pure literary style.
6. Complete; utter: pure folly.
7. Having no faults; sinless: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).
8. Chaste; virgin.
9. Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
10. Genetics Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous: a pure line.
11. Music Free from discordant qualities: pure tones.
12. Linguistics Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal: a pure vowel.
13. Theoretical: pure science.
14. Philosophy Free of empirical elements: pure reason.

[Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin prus; see peu- in Indo-European roots.]

purely adv.
pureness n.
Synonyms: pure, absolute, sheer2, simple, unadulterated
These adjectives mean free of extraneous elements: pure gold; absolute oxygen; sheer alcohol; a simple substance; unadulterated coffee.
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Adv.1.purely - restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"

purely
Translations
purely [ˈpjuəlɪ] advpuramente
purely [ˈpjuəlɪ] pure advpurement
purely [ˈpjuəlɪ] pure advrein
purely [ˈpjuəlɪ] advpuramente


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"My friend," said the Wolf, "it pains me to see you considering so great a question from a purely selfish point of view.
What though that light, thro' storm and night, So trembled from afar- What could there be more purely bright In Truths day-star ?
The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious.
 
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