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purely

adv
/ˈpjʊəli/UK/ˈpjʊɹli/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from purely

Definitions

  1. Wholly

    Wholly; really, completely.

    • I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am.

  2. Solely

    Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.

    • The IRA should "lead by example" and "unilaterally" abandon paramilitary violence and adopt a purely political strategy, a leading Sinn Féin MP urged yesterday.
    • "But this meal tonight is not a date, not in the traditional sense. It's purely platonic, I assure you."

  3. Chastely, innocently

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

    • faith and troth, / Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: / Bids thee with most diuine integritie, / From heart of very heart, great Hector welcome.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Without physical adulterants

      Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.

      • By some means or other the water flows purely, and separated from the filth, in a deeper and narrower course on one side of the rock, and the refuse of the dirt and troubled water goes off on the other in a broader current [...].

    2. Well, in good health.

The neighborhood

Derived

purely and simply, purely imaginary, purely imaginary number

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at purely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01purely02solely03alone04beliefs05belief06actuality07current08electric09emotionally10emotional

A definitional loop anchored at purely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at purely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA