Adjective

(en-adj)

Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.

* (1800-1859)

Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.

(senseid)Free of foreign material or pollutants.

* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.

Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.

* Bible, v. 22

Keep thyself pure .

(label) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}

(label) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

(label) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.

Adjective

(er)

(obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.

* Tusser

if weather be fair and tidy

(lb) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.

Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.

Arranged neatly and in order.

Keep Britain tidy .

Not messy; neat and controlled.

Satisfactory; comfortable.

(informal) Generous, considerable.

The scheme made a tidy profit.