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purely

[pyoor-lee] / ˈpyʊər li /


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"It was just purely coincidental he and I spent some quality time together on what would have been her 85th birthday. The stars had aligned," said Russell.

From BBC

The former is purely fictional and latter is based on a real figure, but both are historical epics on a grand scale that belies their modest budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal

The brain is not purely digital, and it is not simply an analog machine either.

From Science Daily

“At first, to be honest with you, it was purely a money thing,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

He maintained during his trial that his two crossbows were "purely for sport" and that two pistols were the kind "commonly used in fairgrounds".

From BBC