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" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
a outranceabsolutelyafter a fashionallall in allall outalonealtogetherappreciablyat any rateat bestat leastat mostat the leastat the mostat the outsideat worstbarelybeyond all boundsbeyond compare
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Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (40)
Adverb(3 words)
conscientiouslydeaddecentlydetectablydownrightentirelyerectlyessentiallyexactlyexclusivelyextremelyfairlyfastidiouslyfaultlesslyflat outflawlesslyfullyfundamentallyhigh-mindedlyhonestly
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honorablyideallyimmaculatelyimmeasurablyimpeccablyinin a mannerin a wayin partin some measurein the extremeincalculablyincompletelyindefinitelyinfalliblyinfinitelyintegrally
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irreduciblyirreproachablyjustjust rightleastwisemerelymeticulouslymildlymoderatelymodestlymorallymostnoblynot comprehensivelynot exhaustivelyonlyoutrightpartpartiallypartly
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perfectlyplainlypro tantopunctiliouslyquiteradicallyrelativelyreputablyrighteouslyscrupulouslysimplysimply and solelysinglyso farsolelysomewhatspotlesslystainlesslystickthoroughlythus farto a degreeto some degreetolerablytotallyunanalyzablyunconditionallyundividedlyunequivocallyunimpeachablyunspottedlyuprightlyupstandinglyutterlyvirtuouslyvisiblywholesomewhollywith a vengeanceworthily
Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
sheer paint
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6 entriesdescriptive statisticsempirical dataexperimental studymathematical modelobservational datatheoretical framework
Inflections
2 entriesmore purelymost purely
Derivations
7 entriesSample sentences
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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