purely
/ˈpjʊɹli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
adj
Well, in good health.
Example Sentences
- "I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am."
- "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.""
- "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."
- "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 [...]."
- "My Dame (who was an utter ſtranger to all that had paſſed between the young Squire and her daughter) was exceeding glad to ſee him look ſo purely after his journey, and all the young fry ſwarmed about him, for the ſake of the halfpence they had ſo often ſcrambled for; […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: purely
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpjʊɹli/
- British English: /ˈpjʊəli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more purely (comparative)
most purely (superlative)
Phrases
Synonyms
thoroughly
totally
absolutely
all-out
tout à fait
all the way
stone-cold
blind
altogether
stark
cold
at large