impurely, adv.
(ɪmˈpjʊəlɪ)
[f. impure a. + -ly2.]
In an impure manner; with impurity; corruptly.
| 1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 15 In generall, men impurely vse them two wayes. 1647 Ward Simp. Cobler 43 A Church impurely Reformed. 1813 W. Taylor Eng. Synonyms (1856) 52 Fashionable is impurely formed, and ought to mean able to be fashioned. 1814 ― in Monthly Mag. XXXVII. 118 The translators of the Bible use the word counsellor impurely, instead of adviser. |