Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.
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Purely
//ˈpjʊəli//
Synonyms for "purely" (242 found)
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Adverb(21 words)
entirelywhollyabsolutelyall ends upall the wayall-outalonealtogetherand barreland sinkerat largeat lengthbecominglyblamelesslyblindcap-a-piecategoricallychastelycleanlycompletely
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Adverb(54 words)
irreprehensiblylinelocklock, stock and barrelmerelymeritoriouslymodestlymorallynoblynothing butone hundred percentonlyout and outout-and-outoutrightparticularlyperfectlyplumbpositivelypristinely
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properlyquiterightright-mindedlyrighteouslyrightlyroot and branchsinlesslysolelysoundlysoup-to-nutsstockstraight upthoroughlythrough and throughto the boneto the coreto the fulltop to tailtop to toetotallytotestout à faitunadulteratedlyunalloyedlyunblameablyunblamefullyundilutedlyutterlyvirtuouslywell and trulywholewhole clothworthily
irreproachablyjustjust rightleastwisemerelymeticulouslymildlymoderatelymodestlymorallymostnoblynot comprehensivelynot exhaustivelyonlypartpartiallypartlyperfectlyplainly
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pro tantopunctiliouslyradicallyrelativelyreputablyrighteouslyscrupulouslysimplysimply and solelysinglyso farsolelysomewhatspotlesslystainlesslystickstrictlythoroughlythus farto a degreeto some degreetolerablytotallyunalloyedlyunanalyzablyunconditionallyundividedlyunequivocallyunimpeachablyunspottedlyuprightlyupstandinglyutterlyvirtuouslyvisiblywholesomewhollywith a vengeanceworthily
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25 total sentences available.
I only found out about it purely by accident.
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I wish to resign from my work for purely personal reasons.
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Our meeting was purely accidental.
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