purely
B2UK /ˈpjʊəli/US /ˈpjʊrli/
Meaning
adverb
only; completely
“I saw the letter purely by chance.”
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“Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die.”
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Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die.
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