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ˈpurely
/ ˈpjʊəlɪ /
adverb
- in a pure manner
- entirely
purely by chance
- in a chaste or innocent manner
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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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