purely

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.

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

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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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purely [ˈpjʊəlɪ]

adv

1. in a pure manner

2. entirely purely by chance

3. in a chaste or innocent manner

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

purely - restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" strictly

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purely

adverb absolutely, just, only, completely, simply, totally, entirely, exclusively, plainly, merely, solely, wholly It is a racing machine, designed purely for speed.

Translations

purely [ˈpjʊəlɪ] ADV (= wholly) → puramente
their relationship was purely physical → su relación era puramente física
it is not a purely physical illness → no es simplemente una enfermedad orgánica
we met purely by accident → nos conocimos por pura casualidad
purely and simply → lisa y llanamente

purely [ˈpjʊə^rli] adv (= wholly) → purement
for purely personal reasons → pour des raisons purement personnelles
purely and simply → purement et simplement

purely

adv → rein; purely and simply → schlicht und einfach

purely [ˈpjʊəlɪ] adv → puramente