- 1純粹（地）；完全只是、僅僅
Purely means completely and only — that, and not some other thing mixed in. It is an adverb: it tells you the reason or the range is just this one. A purely practical question is only about what works, not about feelings. “I came purely to listen” means listening was the only aim. Though actually, people sometimes add purely to sound innocent when there was another reason too, so the word can be a little diplomatic. It is ordinary English, a bit more at home in careful speech and writing than in very casual chat. Do not hear it as “in a pure, clean way.” That is a different idea. Purely almost always means “only / wholly,” not “morally clean.”
From the word’s history
From Middle English purely; pure + -ly.
源自中古英文 purely，就是 pure 加上 -ly。
組成pure（純的、沒有摻別的）+ -ly（變成副詞）。From Middle English purely.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
purelyadv詞源 1/ˈpjʊəli/
- 1
regionalWholly; really, completely.
- I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am.
- 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.
- "But this meal tonight is not a date, not in the traditional sense. It's purely platonic, I assure you."
- 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.
- 4
archaicWithout 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 [...].
purelyadj詞源 2/ˈpjʊəli/
- 1
dialectalWell, in good health.
- 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—
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