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pure
adjective as in unmixed, genuine
adjective as in clean, uncontaminated
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disinfected, germ-free, immaculate, intemerate, pasteurized, sanitary, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, taintless, unblemished, undebased, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished
adjective as in virginal, chaste
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babe in woods, blameless, celibate, cherry, continent, exemplary, guileless, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undefiled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears, wide-eyed
adjective as in absolute, utter
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blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, infernal, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified
adjective as in theoretical
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abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, tentative, unproved
Example Sentences
Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House.
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Everything else is pure speculation and the promulgation of fear.
Much of the drama that transpires towards the end of the story is due to the pure love itself, not in spite of it.
Of course, Sesame Street's songs weren't only educational; from a pure tuneage perspective, the music was pretty kickass.
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
Wasn't the dead man stretched in the shadow convincing proof of their capacity for pure devilishness?
Perhaps the nearest approach to a pure æsthetic enjoyment in these early days is the love of flowers.
A method of Vacuity pure and simple—the exact opposite of Mental Assimilation.
Mine should be of pure steel; I have ordered her out of my consciousness these last weeks at the point of the bayonet.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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