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[pyoor-lee] Pronunciation Key

–adverb

1.	in a pure manner; without admixture.

2.	merely; only; solely: purely accidental.

3.	entirely; completely.

4.	innocently, virtuously, or chastely.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME purliche. See pure, -ly

]

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pure (pyŏŏr) Pronunciation Key
adj. pur·er, pur·est

Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed: pure oxygen.
Free from adulterants or impurities: pure chocolate.
Free of dirt, defilement, or pollution: "A memory without blot or contamination must be . . . an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment" (Charlotte Brontë).
Free of foreign elements.
Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous: a pure literary style.
Complete; utter: pure folly.
Having no faults; sinless: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).
Chaste; virgin.
Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
Genetics Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous: a pure line.
Music Free from discordant qualities: pure tones.
Linguistics Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal: a pure vowel.
Theoretical: pure science.
Philosophy Free of empirical elements: pure reason.

[Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin pūrus; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]

pure'ly adv., pure'ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean free of extraneous elements: pure gold; absolute oxygen; sheer alcohol; a simple substance; unadulterated coffee.

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