purely

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Every man who thinks purely, speaks purely, and acts purely is a servant of Ormazd, the king of light, and thereby helps on his cause.

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  1. Without admixture or blemish; in such a way or to such a degree as to be free from anything that is heterogeneous or tends to impair.
  2. Entirely; wholly; completely; thoroughly; absolutely; quite: as, the whole thing was purely accidental. Neuer-more for no man mowe be deliuered, Ne pult out [of] prison but purli thourh ʒour help. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), l. 4219. And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. Isa. i. 25. With these powers were combined others of a purely judicial character. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 9.
  3. Very; wonderfully; remarkably: as, purely well. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] Purely jealous I would have her. B. Jonson, Poetaster, ii. 1. He is purely happy, because he knowes no euill, nor hath made meanes by sinne to bee acquainted with misery. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Childe.
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  • In so doing, we expand into the realm of the unexpected, where the improbable may become extremely salient, and sf is a favored tool Physics Today, April 2008 QUANTUM TELEPORTATION IN THE LAB teams in Italy showed large-scale transport of quantum information about objects instantaneously to distant points, using entanglement, a connection between separated objects, long known as a purely theoretical feature of quantum mechanics. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • Her's is a genuine soprano, reaching the extra high notes with that ease and certainty which make each highest one a triumph of expression purely, and not a physical marvel. —  Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
  • There are probably many theories surrounding why so many searches are being conducted for this search term purely in the NY area. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • The gargantuan beef rib from Daisy May's BBQ USA weighs as much as a small dog but tastes purely, awesomely bovine. —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
  • And not having been well prepared, they could only manage to do the easiest thing possible, which is to say the purely obvious. —  Right Wing Nation
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  1. from Middle English purely, pureliche, purli; from pure + -ly.
  2. An elliptical use of purely, adv.
 

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