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purely

adverb as in simply, absolutely

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Indeed, as an almost purely advisory firm, Lazard is (appropriately) barely affected by the Dodd-Frank reforms.

Traditionally, popular history is almost purely driven by narrative.

The Samaritan guidelines are written around the assumption that suicide is a purely irrational act, an act spurred by illness.

Purely by chance, Anna Coren had landed in Sydney just as the chocolate shop siege began.

For starters, from a purely practical, all-hands-on-deck position, I say if you can do the job, you should keep the job.

Here, as in so many of these childish admirations, we have to do not with a purely æsthetic perception.

In the preceding chapter an examination has been made of the purely mechanical side of the era of machine production.

True, she had taken a lively interest in all her brother's curates, but it was always a professional interest and purely Platonic.

His ambition is a purely selfish one, while mine is distinctly benevolent.

Our existing poverty is purely a problem in the direction and distribution of human effort.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purely, such as: altogether, completely, entirely, essentially, exactly, and exclusively.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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