purely

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Wholly; really, completely.

   I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am.

2. 2
   adv

   Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.

   The IRA should "lead by example" and "unilaterally" abandon paramilitary violence and adopt a purely political strategy, a leading Sinn Féin MP urged yesterday.

3. 3
   adv

   Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.

   faith and troth, / Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: / Bids thee with most diuine integritie, / From heart of very heart, great Hector welcome.

4. 4
   adv

   Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.

   By some means or other the water flows purely, and separated from the filth, in a deeper and narrower course on one side of the rock, and the refuse of the dirt and troubled water goes off on the other in a broader current [...].

5. 5
   adj

   Well, in good health.

   My Dame (who was an utter ſtranger to all that had paſſed between the young Squire and her daughter) was exceeding glad to ſee him look ſo purely after his journey, and all the young fry ſwarmed about him, for the ſake of the halfpence they had ſo often ſcrambled for; […]

6. 6
   adv

   restricted to something

Etymology

From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -ly.