Meaning

4 senses
  1. (US, regional)Wholly; really, completely.

  2. Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.

  3. Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.

  4. (archaic)Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.

More definitions
  • restricted to something

Examples

63 sentences
  1. My meeting Tom was purely accidental.

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  2. I only found out about it purely by accident.

    deIch habe es nur durch reinen Zufall herausgefunden.

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  3. Our meeting was purely accidental.

    ruНаша встреча была чистой случайностью.

    deWir sind uns rein zufällig begegnet.

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  4. Neoliberalism is a purely economic philosophy.

    Неолібералізм - виключно економічна філософія.

    deDer Neoliberalismus ist eine rein ökonomische Philosophie.

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  5. I said so purely in jest.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -ly.

From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -ly.

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Forms

more purely, most purely
Comparativemore purely Lesson
Superlativemost purely

regular

Synonyms

109 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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