different between adulterant vs purely
adulterant
English
Noun
adulterant (plural adulterants)
- That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
Translations
Latin
Verb
adulterant
- third-person plural present active indicative of adulter?
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purely
English
Etymology
From pure +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pj??li/, /?pj??li/
Adverb
purely (comparative more purely, superlative most purely)
- (now US regional) Wholly; really, completely. [from 14th c.]
- 1962, Warren Miller, Flush Times:
- I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am.
- 1962, Warren Miller, Flush Times:
- Solely; exclusively; merely, simply. [from 14th c.]
- 2005, Owen Bowcott, The Guardian, 8 Apr 2005:
- The IRA should "lead by example" and "unilaterally" abandon paramilitary violence and adopt a purely political strategy, a leading Sinn Féin MP urged yesterday.
- 2007, ‘Helen Brooks’, His Christmas Bride:
- "But this meal tonight is not a date, not in the traditional sense. It's purely platonic, I assure you."
- 2005, Owen Bowcott, The Guardian, 8 Apr 2005:
- Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault. [from 15th c.]
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, First Folio, IV.7:
- 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.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, First Folio, IV.7:
- (now rare) Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture. [from 16th c.]
- 1823, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk:
- 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
- (wholly): thoroughly, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
- (solely): alone; see also Thesaurus:solely
- (chastely): guiltlessly, sinlessly; see also Thesaurus:innocently
- (refinedly): pristinely, unadulteratedly, undilutedly; see also Thesaurus:purely
Anagrams
- Purley
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