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purely

  • adverb
  • /ˈpjʊəli/

Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.

Other meanings

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

  2. Wholly; really, completely.

Example sentences

  • “Her seemingly generous actions turned out to be motivated purely by profit.”

    Tatoeba · hecko · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "purely".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “purely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.