purely

Etymology

From pure + -ly.

adv

1. (now US regional) Wholly; really, completely.
   I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am. 1962, Warren Miller, Flush Times
2. Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
   The IRA should "lead by example" and "unilaterally" abandon paramilitary violence and adopt a purely political strategy, a leading Sinn Féin MP urged yesterday. 8 April 2005, Owen Bowcott, The Guardian
   "But this meal tonight is not a date, not in the traditional sense. It's purely platonic, I assure you." 2007, Helen Brooks, His Christmas Bride
3. Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
4. (now rare) Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.
   By some means or other the water flows purely, and separated from the filth, in a deeper and narrower course on one side of the rock, and the refuse of the dirt and troubled water goes off on the other in a broader current …. 1823, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk

adj

1. without physical adulterants; with no admixture