purement et simplement: meaning & examples

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Language: French

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Franceneutral
    • In a pure and simple manner; without complication, embellishment, or admixture.

    Examples

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    • Il a expliqué purement et simplement que le projet ne serait pas financé cette année.

      He explained in a pure and simple manner that the project would not be funded this year.

    • Nous avons décidé purement et simplement d'annuler la réunion sans chercher d'autres solutions.

      We decided purely and simply to cancel the meeting without looking for other solutions.

    • Le rapport présente purement et simplement les faits, sans aucune interprétation personnelle.

      The report presents the facts purely and simply, without any personal interpretation.

    • Elle a répondu purement et simplement qu’elle ne souhaitait pas participer à l'événement.

      She replied purely and simply that she did not wish to participate in the event.

  • 2.

    General Frenchneutral
    • Used to state plainly that something is nothing more and nothing less than what is asserted; simply and unequivocally.

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    • Ce refus est purement et simplement un non catégorique, sans possibilité de négociation.

      This refusal is simply and unequivocally a categorical no, without possibility of negotiation.

    • Ils ont été purement et simplement exclus du concours à cause d’une erreur administrative.

      They were simply and unequivocally excluded from the contest because of an administrative error.

    • Il s’agit purement et simplement d’une question de principe, rien d'autre.

      It is simply and unequivocally a matter of principle, nothing else.

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