French Conversation · Level 27
90 words
French word
purement
Pronunciation
IPA/pyʁəmɑ̃/
Meaning
- adverbpurely
Example
C'est purement personnel.
It's purely personal.
More examples
Il a posé la question purement par curiosité.
He asked the question purely out of curiosity.
Core concept
A statement limited to one fact, purpose, or motive, with nothing added.
Common phrases
purement par curiosité
purely out of curiosity
purement personnel
purely personal
Similar words
simplement: Describing something without adding any extra elements.
seulement: Indicating that something is limited to that alone, excluding everything else.
juste: Indicating that something is simply so, without any added meaning or condition.
Definition in French
Exprime que quelque chose est seulement ou uniquement le cas, sans autre raison ni fonction.
Word origin
Purement comes from the adjective pur with the adverb-forming suffix -ement; pur ultimately derives from Latin purus.
Usage tips
- Purement often sounds formal or written, while simplement is more common in everyday speech for the limiting sense.