Explicitly
Explicitly adverb - In an explicit manner.
Purely and explicitly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purely" instead an adverb "Explicitly".
Purely
Purely adverb - With purity of thought and deed.
Explicitly and purely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explicitly" instead an adverb "Purely".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
Both words in one sentence
-
An early draft of the script even has it made explicitly clear that the "Happy Camps" are purely Sheila Broflovski's idea...
Source: A Nazi by Any Other Name -
The jokes are arguably deserved, since behind-the-scenes for the music video explicitly stated that the tablets were there purely to fund the video.
Source: Web Video / Bart Baker - Dungeons & Dragons in its 4th edition has "minions", a category of monster that explicitly serves purely to fill out the ranks in encounters.
Source: Mooks / Tabletop RPG
Cite this Source
Purely and Explicitly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/explicitly/purely
Explicitly & Purely. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/explicitly/purely>.
Purely or Explicitly. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/explicitly/purely.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "explicitly" and "purely" have occurred on timeline