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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Very or wonderfully well; having good health.
- Without admixture or blemish; in such a way or to such a degree as to be free from anything that is heterogeneous or tends to impair.
- Entirely; wholly; completely; thoroughly; absolutely; quite: as, the whole thing was purely accidental.
- Very; wonderfully; remarkably: as, purely well.
- Innocently; without guilt or sin; chastely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).
- adverb Archaic Nicely; prettily.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb restricted to something
Etymologies
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Examples
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(P.S. I know you insist you use the term purely descriptively, but "just an arab apologist hypocrite" sounds very like an attempt to belittle or insult - in any event it adds nothing to the debate.)
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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He was the first peer to receive the title purely because of his literary work.
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A similar 2008 document noted that the defense policy is "purely" defensive in nature—the word "purely" is missing in the 2010 edition.
The Carrier of Asia-Pacific Troubles Fumio Ota 2011
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The white house says our troops in Iraq could eventually move to what it termed a purely support role like American troops in South Korea.
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They were glad for his sake, as much as for their own, that he was no longer President Grant, but again General Grant, a title purely reminiscent and complimentary, for he was no longer an officer of the army.
Ulysses S. Grant Walter Allen 1873
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In the first place, that they knew nothing of the name or how they got it; and next, that the word Mandan in the Welsh language (it being purely a Welsh word) means red dye, of which further mention will be made.
O-kee-pa, a Religious Ceremony, and Other Customs of the Mandans 1867
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On tracing the line of life backwards, we see it approaching more and more to what we call the purely physical condition.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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The plant is the first of what Iran says will be a network of nuclear facilities that will reduce reliance on its fossil fuels and is a showpiece of what it calls a purely peaceful atomic program.
NYT > Home Page By REUTERS 2011
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The plant is the first of what Iran says will be a network of nuclear facilities that will reduce reliance on its fossil fuels and is a showpiece of what it calls a purely peaceful atomic program.
NYT > Home Page By REUTERS 2011
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He first traveled to Tangier in 2006 on what he called a "purely random" impulse, drawn in part by the mythic portrayals of earlier expatriates like Paul Bowles and William S. Burroughs.
NYT > Home Page By DENNIS LIM 2011
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synonyms (122)
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- a outrance
- absolutely
- after a fashion
- all
- all in all
- all out
- alone
- altogether
- appreciably
- at any rate
- at best
- at least
- at most
- at the least
- at the most
- at the outside
- at worst
- barely
- beyond all bounds
- beyond compare
- beyond comparison
- beyond measure
- blamelessly
- clean
- cleanly
- comparatively
- completely
- conscientiously
- dead
- decently
- detectably
- downright
- entirely
- erectly
- essentially
- exactly
- exclusively
- extremely
- fairly
- fastidiously
- faultlessly
- flat out
- flawlessly
- fully
- fundamentally
- high-mindedly
- honestly
- honorably
- ideally
- immaculately
- immeasurably
- impeccably
- in
- in a manner
- in a way
- in part
- in some measure
- in the extreme
- incalculably
- incompletely
- indefinitely
- infallibly
- infinitely
- integrally
- irreducibly
- irreproachably
- just
- just right
- leastwise
- merely
- meticulously
- mildly
- moderately
- modestly
- morally
- most
- nicely
- nobly
- not comprehensively
- not exhaustively
- only
- part
- partially
- partly
- perfectly
- plainly
- prettily
- pro tanto
- punctiliously
- radically
- relatively
- reputably
- righteously
- scrupulously
- simply
- simply and solely
- singly
- so far
- solely
- somewhat
- spotlessly
- stainlessly
- thoroughly
- thus far
- to a degree
- to some degree
- tolerably
- totally
- unanalyzably
- unconditionally
- undividedly
- unequivocally
- unimpeachably
- unspottedly
- uprightly
- upstandingly
- utterly
- virtuously
- visibly
- wholly
- with a vengeance
- worthily
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