concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless |
concerned with theories rather than their practical applications | free of extraneous elements of any kind |
| (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black |
| in a state of sexual virginity |
| free from discordant qualities |
| concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied |
| without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers |