purly

Noun

purlieu (plural purlieus or purlieux)

1. (historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
2. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood; milieu.
   • Whether Lady Anne knew or suspected who it was that drew his steps from the purlieus of fashion he knew not, nor held himself bound to explain.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 76

Adverb

purely (comparative more purely, superlative most purely)

1. (US, regional) Wholly; really, completely.
   • I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am.1962, Warren Miller, Flush Times

   Synonyms:

   thoroughly, totally, absolutely, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, altogether, stark

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

   Synonyms:

   alone, entirely, exclusively, expressly, merely, only, solely, wholly

3. Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
   • faith and troth, / Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: / Bids thee with most diuine integritie, / From heart of very heart, great Hector welcome.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   guiltlessly, morally, sinlessly, blamelessly, cleanly, innocently, irreprehensibly, unblameably, unblamefully, becomingly

4. (archaic) 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

   Synonyms:

   pristinely, unadulteratedly, undilutedly

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