purely
adverb
1 purely
Restricted to something.
synonym: strictly.
Roget 31:
truly
etc.
(truth)
494
[in a positive degree];
decidedly,
unequivocally,
purely,
absolutely,
seriously,
essentially,
fundamentally,
radically,
downright,
in all conscience;
for the most part,
in the main.
[in a complete degree]
entirely
etc.
(completely)
52;
abundantly
etc.
(sufficiently)
639;
widely,
far and wide.
[in a great or high degree]
greatly
etc.
adj.;
much,
muckle†,
well,
indeed,
very,
very much,
a deal,
no end of,
most,
not a little;
pretty,
pretty well;
enough,
in a great measure,
richly;
to a large extent,
to a great extent,
to a gigantic extent;
on a large scale;
so;
never so,
ever so;
ever so dole;
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag,
much;
by wholesale;
mighty,
powerfully;
with a witness,
ultra [Lat.],
in the extreme,
extremely,
exceedingly,
intensely,
exquisitely,
acutely,
indefinitely,
immeasurably;
beyond compare,
beyond comparison,
beyond measure,
beyond all bounds;
incalculably,
infinitely.
[in a supreme degree]
preeminently,
superlatively
etc.
(superiority)
33.
[in a too great degree]
immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly,
excessively,
enormously,
out of all proportion,
with a vengeance.
[in a marked degree]
particularly,
remarkably,
singularly,
curiously,
uncommonly,
unusually,
peculiarly,
notably,
signally,
strikingly,
pointedly,
mainly,
chiefly;
famously,
egregiously,
prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically,
kat exochin [Gr.],
strangely,
wonderfully,
amazingly,
surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously.
[in an exceptional degree]
peculiarly
etc.
(unconformity)
83.
[in a violent degree]
furiously
etc.
(violence)
173;
severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly,
confoundedly,
deucedly,
devilishly,
with a vengeance;
a outrance†,
a toute outrance [Fr.].
[in a painful degree]
painfully,
sadly,
grossly,
sorely,
bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably,
cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly.
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Roget 32:
to a small extent
[in a small degree],
on a small scale;
a little bit,
a wee bit;
slightly
etc.
adj.;
imperceptibly;
miserably,
wretchedly;
insufficiently
etc.
640;
imperfectly;
faintly
etc.
160;
passably,
pretty well,
well enough.
[in a certain or limited degree]
partially,
in part;
in a certain degree,
to a certain degree;
to a certain extent;
comparatively;
some,
rather in some degree,
in some measure;
something,
somewhat;
simply,
only,
purely,
merely;
at least,
at the least,
at most,
at the most;
ever so little,
as little as may be,
tant soit peu [Fr.],
in ever so small a degree;
thus far,
pro tanto [It],
within bounds,
in a manner,
after a fashion,
so to speak.
almost,
nearly,
well-nigh,
short of,
not quite,
all but;
near upon,
close upon;
peu s'en faut [Fr.],
near the mark;
within an ace of,
within an inch of;
on the brink of;
scarcely,
hardly,
barely,
only just,
no more than.
about
[in an uncertain degree],
thereabouts,
somewhere about,
nearly,
say;
be the same,
be little more or less.
no ways
[in no degree],
no way,
no wise;
not at all,
not in the least,
not a bit,
not a bit of it,
not a whit,
not a jot,
not a shadow;
in no wise,
in no respect;
by no means,
by no manner of means;
on no account,
at no hand.
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Moby thesaurus: a outrance, absolutely, after a fashion, all, all in all, all out, alone, altogether, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, barely, beyond all bounds, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, blamelessly, clean, cleanly, comparatively, completely, conscientiously, dead, decently, detectably, downright, entirely, erectly, essentially, exactly, exclusively, extremely, fairly, fastidiously, faultlessly, flat out, flawlessly, fully, fundamentally, high-mindedly, honestly, honorably, ideally, immaculately, immeasurably, impeccably, in, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, in the extreme, incalculably, incompletely, indefinitely, infallibly, infinitely, integrally, irreducibly, irreproachably, just, just right, leastwise, merely, meticulously, mildly, moderately, modestly, morally, most, nobly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only, part, partially, partly, perfectly, plainly, pro tanto, punctiliously, radically, relatively, reputably, righteously, scrupulously, simply, simply and solely, singly, so far, solely, somewhat, spotlessly, stainlessly, thoroughly, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, totally, unanalyzably, unconditionally, undividedly, unequivocally, unimpeachably, unspottedly, uprightly, upstandingly, utterly, virtuously, visibly, wholly, with a vengeance, worthily ... show more.
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