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free of extraneous elements of any kind
pure air and water
pure gold
pure primary colors
the violin's pure and lovely song
pure tones
pure oxygen
2.
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
pure folly
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concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
pure science
4.
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
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free from discordant qualities
6.
(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
I felt pure and sweet as a new baby
pure as the driven snow
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in a state of sexual virginity
pure and vestal modesty
men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
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derived forms
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1. Pure / Comparitive
purer
2. Pure / Superlative
purest
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