Also means
strictly
Usage Note
Prettamente intensifies the exclusive or characteristic nature of something — una questione prettamente tecnica (a purely technical matter). It is formal and written-register; in speech Italians often prefer puramente or esclusivamente. It always precedes the adjective it modifies.
Examples
"È un problema prettamente burocratico."
Natural Translation
It is a purely bureaucratic problem.
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