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purely, adv.|ˈpjʊəlɪ|
[f. pure a. + -ly2.]
In a pure manner or degree: in various senses.
1. a. Without (physical) admixture, esp. of anything that stains or impairs; cleanly, clearly, spotlessly.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xx. (Percy Soc.) 97 The fayre carbuncle, so ful of clerenes, That in thee truely dyd moost purely shyne. c1600Drayton Elegy to Lady I.S. 65 The Sunnes rayes..Bent on some obiect, which is purely white. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 120 The purely grey rouleau..showed its mixture of black and white. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 458 The soft river-breeze..on him breathed Far purelier in his rushings to and fro.
†b. So as to make pure or clean; so as to cleanse. Obs.
1576Baker Jewell of Health 232 b, Washe dilygentlye and purelie the bodie. 1611Bible Isa. i. 25, I will..purely purge away thy drosse. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. 27 It may be purely separated from its Husk by a Mill. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xi. ⁋15 These Ribs must be purely Smooth-fil'd and Pollish'd.
2. a. Without mixture of anything different (in non-physical or general sense); simply, merely; exclusively, solely; {ddd}and nothing else: often implying ‘entirely’ (cf. b, and entirely 3).
c1350Will. Palerne 4219 We alle..neuer-more for no man mowe be deliuered..but purli þourh ȝour help. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 47 Þat þei putte not glosis vnto þe reule..but..sympliche and pureliche to seie & to write þe reule. c1450tr. De Imitatione ii. v. 45 Lete no þyng be gret or hye or acceptable to þe, but purely god. 1552Huloet, Purely, liquido, mere, pure, puriter, Syncere. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 5 Whether they had been..set there in the air purely for show. 1710Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. §122 Reasonings and controversies purely verbal. 1883Gilmour Mongols xxxi. 362 The Government duty they have to perform seems to be purely formal. 1890Academy 8 Nov. 415/2 There were..no children of origin purely Egyptian.
b. Of degree or extent: Absolutely, thoroughly, perfectly, completely, fully, utterly, entirely. Now U.S. dial.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1512 Þe king louede is wif anon so purliche & so vaste Þat al is herte onliche on hire on he caste. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 260 Ne [may] masse make pees amonges cristene peple, Tyl pruyde be purelich fordo. c1400–50Alexander 187 And þe province of Persee purely distruye. 1585J. Hilton Recant. in Fuller Ch. Hist. (1655) x. vi. §27 The said Errours..I utterly abjure, forsake, and purely renounce. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. iii. Serm., etc. (1673) 44 A Gentleman..purely ignorant, yet greatly desirous to seem learned. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling xiv. 140, I purely hate to think the Forresters has trapped 'em. 1952B. Harwin Home is Upriver xxi. 198 I'd purely like to see that old woman. She'd be glad. 1970S. Ellin Bind lvii. 285, I purely wish you wouldn't point that thing at me..there's all kinds of accidents can happen with a gun. 1975J. F. Burke Death Trick iv. 63 Managers of casbahs [i.e. hotels] like the Castlereagh purely loathe the sight of cops.
†c. Really, actually, truly, genuinely. Obs.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3323 Icholle make þi sulue..Abbe al þe fourme of þe erl as þou were purliche he. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xvi. 226 He haþ the power þat seynt peter hadde, He haþ pureliche þe pot with þe same salue.
d. Law. Without conditions, unconditionally.
1427Rolls of Parlt. IV. 327/1 Y⊇ open declaration..subscribed pureli and simply. a1661Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 183 This his gift was a gift indeed, purely bestowed on the colledge, as loded with no detrimentall Conditions. 1880Muirhead Gaius iii. §113 If I have stipulated purely, he may stipulate conditionally.
3. a. Without mixture of anything deteriorating or debasing; without blemish, corruption, baseness, or uncleanness; faultlessly; properly, rightly, correctly; guilelessly, innocently, chastely.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 158 To behaue you purely, &..to apply yourselfe to labour in the seruyce of god. 1537(title) The Byble, whych is all the holy Scripture: In whych are contayned the Olde and Newe Testament truelye and purely translated into Englishe by Thomas Matthewe. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. v. 169 Faith and troth, Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing. 1674T. Flatman To Mr. Faithorn 6 One line speaks purelier Thee, than my best strain. 1823Byron Juan xiv. xcii, Or Germany, where people purely kiss.
b. So as to be ceremonially clean.
1613[see pure a. 7].
4. a. slang or colloq. Finely, excellently, capitally; nicely, satisfactorily, very well. Now rare or Obs.
1695Congreve Love for L. ii. ii, You can keep your countenance purely, you'd make an admirable player. 1712–13Swift Jrnl. to Stella 1 Jan., Am I not purely handled between a couple of puppies? 1756A. Murphy Apprentice ii. ii, That will do purely. a1845Hood Last Man xxi, To see me so purely drest.
b. dial. Quite well, in good health. (Used predicatively like an adj.; cf. well, ill, poorly.)
1796M. Edgeworth Old Poz in Parent's Assistant (ed. 2) 2nd Ser. II. 55 I'm glad to see your worship look so purely. 1809― Absentee xvi. (Tales 1825 X. 321), If the ladies' prayers are of any avail, you ought to be purely. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2) s.v., ‘How's thy mam?’ ‘Purely, thank ye.’ 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. ii, Well I never! you do look purely. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xxxiv, ‘I hope the dear ladies are well, sir?’ ‘The ladies are purely.’ |