purement et simplement: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- In a pure and simple manner; without complication, embellishment, or admixture.
Examples
BetaIl 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.
- Used to state plainly that something is nothing more and nothing less than what is asserted; simply and unequivocally.
Examples
BetaCe 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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