Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an impure manner; with impurity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an impure manner.
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- adverb In an
impure manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The respectable man who keeps within the law and does no outward harm, but who thinks sordidly, meanly, or impurely, is the man of all others who is farthest from the kingdom of God, because he does not feel his need, nor can anyone help him.
In Times Like These 1915
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He thinks and talks impurely, his home life is largely a matter of convenience, there is often little or no spiritual comradeship between husband and wife.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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It's the most purely — and impurely — enjoyable storytelling HBO has delivered in ages, like a movie that you never want to end.
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That's the sort of writing that makes "True Blood" such impurely profane fun.
Season 3 of 'True Blood' adds a power struggle and many new characters 2010
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Mel Gibson's breakout feature is impurely and not so simply about revenge.
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This is impurely a tax on travelling and nothing to do with saving the planet.
Archive 2008-09-01 FIDO The Dog 2008
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Badawin, who spoke impurely, whereupon Sibawayh left the court, retired to Khorasan and died, it is said of a broken heart.
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Thus, since conventional valid cognition always makes impure appearances of superficial truths, the division scheme of superficial truths into correct and distorted ones refers only to impurely appearing superficial truths.
The Validity and Accuracy of Cognition of the Two Truths in Gelug-Prasangika 2006
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In other words, there is no findable entity, such as a “white rectangular towel,” that exists independently of a mode of appearance, and which can appear either impurely or purely, depending on the mind that cognizes it.
The Validity and Accuracy of Cognition of the Two Truths in Gelug-Prasangika 2006
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The actual manner in which superficial truths exist is devoid of those impossible ways in which they impurely appear to exist.
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