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Definition of Purely
1. Adverb. Restricted to something. "We talked strictly business"
Definition of Purely
1. adv. In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).
Definition of Purely
1. Adverb. (context: now US regional) Wholly; really, completely. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Adverb. Solely; exclusively; merely, simply. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Adverb. Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
4. Adverb. (rare) Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purely
1. in a pure manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purely
Literary usage of Purely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"It concerned the purely Internal trade of a state. The 12th rule of the admiralty
amended, so as to take from the district courts the right of proceeding in ..."
2. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"Mind as purely Individual. — We have been concerned with the influences which
have effected a division between work and leisure, knowing and doing, ..."
3. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"Mind as purely Individual. — We have been concerned with the influences which
have effected a division between work and leisure, knowing and doing, ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"We come now to consider the domestic or Domestic family relations, which are
purely of legal insti- which are tution. It is to these in effect, ..."
5. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"Accordingly, Mr Fairlie waives his right of refusal, purely with a view to the
preservation of his own tranquillity—and informs Mr. Hartright that he may go ..."
6. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"purely external investigations not productive. The earlier experimenters on
reaction were satisfied to seek exact definitions of the lengths of these ..."
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