purely

[ˈpjʊrli]

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.