pure
adjective
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter.
purer
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comparativeof pure.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Vance fulminates: “Never have I read a purer distillation of our worship at the altar of commerce.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The purer and more ordered a semiconductor is, the better it works.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Kurita and Organo are purer plays on fab buildouts; Ecolab still makes most of its money keeping restaurant kitchens sanitary, while Xylem sells a lot of municipal pumps.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
But something else was drawing me back to Joyce, a need to breathe purer air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
