purely

Example Sentences

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He "is purely focused on governing. He is getting on with the job of doing just that," the spokesman told reporters.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Farage has said Harborne gave him the money to pay for his personal security. adding the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

By presenting Satan's fall as a violent physical event instead of a purely spiritual allegory or optical illusion, Dante may have helped move Western thought toward the idea that celestial objects can directly reshape Earth.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

If both spouses are on Medicare, the bill is more than $14,000 per year, purely from crossing an income line.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The full mathematization of perspective is combined with a hint of the impossibility of a purely mathematical world.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton