purely

Definition:
1. Restricted to something.

Use 'purely' in a sentence:

• 1. However, this purely visual system was useless in bad weather, and, by the 1930s, radio communication was coming into use for ATC.
• 2. If they go purely to get a job, many will be disappointed.
• 3. Who wants to hear about contracts and deadlines that are purely academic?
• 4. The society said the move was 'purely and simply a business decision' aimed at reducing costs.
• 5. The government said the moves were purely defensive.
• 6. Such is the size of the problem that these arguments are purely academic.
• 7. When it emerged towards the end of the 1980s as a purely text-based medium, it was seen as a tool to pursue knowledge, not pleasure.
• 8. It is a racing machine, designed purely for speed.
• 9. Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?
• 10. Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair.
• 11. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
• 12. He took these actions purely in furtherance of his own career.
• 13. It's purely coincidental that we both chose to call our daughters Emma.
• 14. They immediately got in touch with Dr Ting who was, purely coincidentally, also in California.
• 15. The post of treasurer is a purely honorary position.
• 16. They are purely imaginative and so quite revealing, I think anyway, about the culture and the connection between folk tales and culture, which we'll talk about.
• 17. The conflict between the guilds was not purely economic, however.
• 18. This division is purely an implementation choice, and does not affect the output.
• 19. The term I used was meant to be purely descriptive.
• 20. I wasn't asking about anybody in particular—it was a purely hypothetical question.
• 21. The hero in Romance Poetry is independent, purely solitary in a way, not like the Chanson poet who was always surrounded by his fighting companions.
• 22. She completely mishandled an important project purely through lack of attention.
• 23. He took these actions purely in (the) furtherance of his own career.
• 24. In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body's system for reacting to things that can harm us—the so-called fight-or-flight response.
• 25. The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.
• 26. A snack bar producer discovered that the supply of purely grass-fed bison meat was scarce.
• 27. If Arthur was attracted here by the prospects of therapy, John came down purely and simply to make money.
• 28. I arranged to pay him the dollars when he got there, a purely private arrangement. All the same, it was illegal.
• 29. These fears are purely theoretical.
• 30. Attendance on the course is purely voluntary.
• 31. Her interest in him is purely sexual.
• 32. For many years, theoretical economists characterized humans as rational beings relentlessly bent on maximizing purely selfish reward.
• 33. Some researchers have suggested that thoughts cannot properly be seen as purely "internal".
• 34. Some researchers have suggested that thoughts cannot properly be seen as purely internal.
• 35. We did not want people on the show who are purely interested in plugging a book or film.
• 36. Psychology began as a purely academic offshoot of natural philosophy.
• 37. The chimney pots are purely ornamental.
• 38. Getting approval for the plan is a purely formal matter; nobody will seriously oppose it.
• 39. They have been given college scholarships purely on athletic ability.
• 40. She took the job purely and simply for the money.
• 41. Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.
• 42. I saw the letter purely by chance.
• 43. The charity is run on a purely voluntary basis.
• 44. He became convinced that his illness was purely imaginary: that made it none the better.
• 45. It is a purely academic question.
• 46. Might it not be better to relegate the king to a purely ceremonial function?
• 47. Helen got into acting purely by accident.
• 48. Any resemblance to actual persons, places, or events is purely coincidental.
• 49. Any resemblance to actual persons, places or events is purely coincidental.
• 50. I wasn't asking about anybody in particular ─ it was a purely hypothetical question.
• 51. Our interest was purely perfunctory.