What does purely mean?
Definitions for purely
ˈpyʊər lipure·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word purely.
Princeton's WordNet
strictly, purely(adverb)
restricted to something
"we talked strictly business"
Wiktionary
purely(Adverb)
Wholly; really, completely.
purely(Adverb)
Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
purely(Adverb)
Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
purely(Adverb)
Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.
Webster Dictionary
Purely(adverb)
in a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective)
Purely(adverb)
nicely; prettily
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'purely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3863
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'purely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2779
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'purely' in Adverbs Frequency: #262
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of purely in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of purely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of purely in a Sentence
I look at it as purely a sentiment-driven market. There's no new news that's any kind of substance that's driving this, i think they will continue to trend as they are right now.
This is all surreal, but what I can say to that young man is that in time I will forgive you, i won't move past this but I will forgive you. But I hope for the rest of your life, however long or short that may be, you stop and play that tape over and over and over again in your head and see the sheer terror and pain you put purely innocent people through. ...
When I look back over 25 years, I don't think the themes that are being covered in these more organized sessions are frankly very different than those that were pervasive early on, what has changed is that at a purely practical level we're a much bigger organization.
Sri Lankan torture survivors in treatment with us are adamant that they cannot trust a purely domestic process and will take comfort from the High Commissioner's warning that there must not be a replay of past broken promises, any process that fails to win the confidence of survivors, including from the Tamil minority, is doomed to fail and may set back the common cause of reconciliation.
We don't really go and chase after big names because we don't think this is a purely content business, if you do think it's a purely content business you end up becoming sorely disappointed, because often the numbers don't come.
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