Grammatical class

Adverb

purement

purely, completely, totally

Details

Syllables

pu-re-ment

Phonetics

py.ʁə.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

5485

Freq. (movies)

7413

Freq. (news)

5193

Sentences

Ceci est mon affaire purement privée.

This is strictly a private matter.

A2

Cette traduction est purement et simplement fausse.

This translation is outright wrong.

B1

Il a purement et simplement massacré ce type.

He straight up murdered that guy.

B2

Je pense que le fait que la seule forme de vie que nous ayons créée jusqu'à présent soit purement destructive, dit quelque chose de la nature humaine.

I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive.

C2