impurely

Variant of impure

impure definition

im·pure (im pyo̵or′)

adjective

not pure; specif.,
  1. unclean; dirty
  2. unclean according to religious ritual; defiled
  3. obscene; unchaste
  4. mixed with foreign matter; adulterated
  5. mixed so as to lack purity in color, tone, style, etc.
  6. characterized as by grammatical errors, unidiomatic usages, solecisms, barbarisms, foreign words or idioms, esp. when used inappropriately, etc.: said of language or speech

Etymology: L impurus

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