purelyadverb
uk/ˈpjʊə.li/us/ˈpjʊr.li/C1 only:
On a purely practical level, it is difficult to see how such proposals would work.
We made this decision purely for financial reasons.
purely and simply
for only one reason or purpose:
They decided to close the museum purely and simply because it cost too much to run.
More examples
- He wants the job purely for reasons of vanity and ambition.
- a purely academic argument/question
- I keep a bottle of brandy purely for medicinal purposes.
- From a purely practical point of view, the house is too small.
- I suspect his headaches are purely psychological.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Numbers: single, double & multiple
- alone
- deca-
- double (up) as sth
- double-action
- double-digit
- dualism
- duality
- herself
- individual
- mono
- multi-
- multilateral
- multiple
- none
- odd
- solely
- treble
- triple
- unilateral
- unit
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