On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Purely. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as strictly and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Purely meaning
- Wholly; really, completely.
- Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
- Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
Synonyms of Purely
Using Purely
- The main meaning on this page is: Wholly; really, completely. | Solely; exclusively; merely, simply. | Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
- Useful related words include: strictly.
- In the example corpus, purely often appears in combinations such as: is purely, from purely, purely for.
Context around Purely
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purely
- In this selection, "purely" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, built, something, milestone, functional, personal and commercially stand out and add context to how "purely" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a purely racist measure and by a purely functional data. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purely" sits close to words such as albeit, bruins and clarity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purely
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There are no illnesses that are purely mental or purely physical. (11 words)
According to these scholars, Christmas emerged organically from purely Christian traditions. (11 words)
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said the BBC's story was "purely speculation". (15 words)
All our focus this week has purely been on Kilmarnock, has purely been on the game on Sunday to try and see if we can put a performance in that can advance us into the next round of the cup. (40 words)
As you can see below, a parallel shock of 50 basis points will actually increase the solvency ratio and the credit spread shocks will actually have a higher impact on the solvency ratio than purely an interest rate increase. (39 words)
For purely functional languages, the worst-case slowdown is logarithmic in the number of memory cells used, because mutable memory can be represented by a purely functional data structure with logarithmic access time (such as a balanced tree). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
While most space stations in the Universe aren’t built purely for battle like the Death Stars were, it is unusual to find one that is purely commercially based.
All our focus this week has purely been on Kilmarnock, has purely been on the game on Sunday to try and see if we can put a performance in that can advance us into the next round of the cup.
From a purely theological point of view, sex is meant to be seen as something positive – not purely for procreation – and enjoyable.
Almost all of the top-scoring strategies were nice; therefore, a purely selfish strategy will not "cheat" on its opponent, for purely self-interested reasons first.
Christian orthodoxy rejected the second-century Gnostic belief that the Book of Genesis was purely allegorical, but without taking a purely literal view of the texts.
For purely functional languages, the worst-case slowdown is logarithmic in the number of memory cells used, because mutable memory can be represented by a purely functional data structure with logarithmic access time (such as a balanced tree).
There are no illnesses that are purely mental or purely physical.
Trust is not taken in the purely subjective sense either, nor as a feeling or something purely personal or psychological—trust is understood as something potentially communicable.
According to these scholars, Christmas emerged organically from purely Christian traditions.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said the BBC's story was "purely speculation".
A grieving mum says the charity launched in her son's memory has reached an important milestone purely through the weight of his popularity and touching influence.
And no doubt Xi Jinping’s increasing penchant for military khaki is purely about fashion.
And they even decided a case that was purely speculative, something that the Court has never done before.
Anybody watching the various videos of Chansley’s behavior in the capitol cannot conclude anything but that they have been lied to and that Chansley was shafted for purely political reasons.
Anything that deepens Palestinian resentment and despair is not, Makovsky observes, a purely internal Israeli matter.
A purely racist measure backed up by decisions taken by Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt already at the conferences of Teheran and Yalta, and concretized in the Potsdam Protocol of 2 August 1945.
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “Provision of lollipop staff is purely a matter for councils.
As for the exhibits, not being a certified museum critic, I’m not qualified to say, except to share one purely personal thought.
Asked what his favourite place out of the seven was, Magee said: “Purely for the glamour and beauty, I’d say the Stones of Calanais.
As you can see below, a parallel shock of 50 basis points will actually increase the solvency ratio and the credit spread shocks will actually have a higher impact on the solvency ratio than purely an interest rate increase.
Common combinations with purely
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is purely 27×
- from purely 14×
- purely for 13×
- purely to 10×
- was purely 9×
- purely political 9×
- purely on 9×
- for purely 8×
- are purely 8×
- in purely 6×