# purely

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈpjʊəli/ · frequency rank #6,089

## Definitions
1. Wholly; really, completely.
2. Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
3. Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
4. Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.

## Etymology
From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **purple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purely-vs-purple)
- **purity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purely-vs-purity)
- **purest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purely-vs-purest)
- **purify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purely-vs-purify)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pure-vs-purely)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prey-vs-purely)
- **purdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purely)
- **partly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-purely)
- **Purcell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purcell-vs-purely)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ppurely`, `pruely`, `puerly`, `purelly`, `purelyy`, `pureyl`, `purley`, `purrely`, `uprely`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/purely