purement
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adverb
- purely, completely, totally
Used in the library
- Le blessé avait repris connaissance; le chirurgien déclarait que l’état du mousquetaire n’avait rien qui pût inquiéter ses amis, sa faiblesse ayant été purement et simplement occasionnée par la perte de son sang.The injured man had regained consciousness; the surgeon declared that the condition of the Musketeer had nothing to worry his friends, his weakness having been purely and simply caused by the loss of his blood.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Son intelligence n'était point formée à l'analyse, il avait peu d'idées complexes et de conceptions purement mentales.His intelligence was not trained in analysis, he had few complex ideas and purely mental conceptions.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
- Quant à d’Artagnan, il avait joué purement et simplement un jeu défensif; puis, lorsqu’il avait vu son adversaire bien fatigué, il lui avait, d’une vigoureuse flanconade, fait sauter son épée.As for d'Artagnan, he had played purely and simply a defensive game; then, when he had seen his opponent very tired, he had, with a vigorous flanking, blown up his sword.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Ce Monsieur, né d'une mère abénaquise et qui parle plusieurs dialectes des Indigènes au milieu desquels il a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie, m'assure que ce mot est purement sauvage.This gentleman, born of an Abenaki mother who speaks several dialects of the Indigenous people in whose midst he spent most of his life, assures me that this word is purely savage.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I