only; completely:
I saw the letter purely by chance. * The charity is run on a purely voluntary basis. * She took the job purely and simply for the money. * The drapes are purely decorative.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for purely is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is purely a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, purely is tagged as adverb.
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