unmixed with any other matter or content
pure gold
free from anything that vitiates or weakens
the pure religion of our fathers
said of minerals, etc: free from contamination
free from moral fault
chaste
ritually clean
sheer or unmitigated
pure folly
was pure folly to leave like that
abstract or theoretical, as opposed to applied or practical
pure mathematics
of a musical sound: being in tune and free from harshness
said of an animal or plant: of unmixed ancestry
said of an animal or plant: producing offspring of the same type; breeding true
said of a musical sound: in tune and free from harshness
said of a vowel: consisting of a single sound; not a diphthong
purely adv
pureness noun
[Middle English pur via French from Latin purus]