purely
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Is purely a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adv (English)
1. (now US regional) Wholly; really, completely.Examples: "I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am."Synonyms: thoroughlyUSregional
2. (now rare) Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.Examples: "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 [...]."Synonyms: pristinelyarchaic
adj (English)
1. (predicative, dialectal) Well, in good health.Examples: "My Dame (who was an utter ſtranger to all that had paſſed between the young Squire and her daughter) was exceeding glad to ſee him look ſo purely after his journey, and all the young fry ſwarmed about him, for the ſake of the halfpence they had ſo often ſcrambled for; […]"; "Land[lady]. Good-morrow to your worſhip!—I’m glad to ſee your worſhip look ſo purely—I came up with all ſpeed (taking breath) our pye is in the oven—that was what you ſent for me about, I take it. / Juſt[ice]. True—true—ſit down good Mrs. Buſtle, pray—— / Land. O your worſhip’s always very good (ſettling her apron) I came up juſt as I was, only threw my ſhawl over me—I thought your worſhip would excuſe—I’m quite as it were rejoiced to ſee your worſhip look ſo purely, and to find you up ſo hearty—"; "“I am no patient at all, ma’am, and have no patience either;—I am as well as you are, or my lady Dashfort either, and hope, God willing, long to continue so.” […] “Long, long, I hope, to continue so, if Heaven grants my daily and nightly prayers, and my lady Dashfort’s also. So, Mr. Reynolds, if the ladies’ prayers are of any avail, you ought to be purely, and I suppose ladies’ prayers have the precedency in efficacy.[…]”"Synonyms: immaculately, perfectly, pristinely, purely, unadulteratedly, undilutedly, untaintedly, untouchedlydialectalpredicative
Definition source: Wiktionary