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Word: Sheer
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English (in the sense ‘exempt, cleared’): probably an alteration of dialect shire ‘pure, clear’, from the Germanic base of the verb shine. In the mid 16th century the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sheer (sense 3 of the adjective)
ʃɪə
nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
Short Definition:nothing other than
Examples:- she giggled with sheer delight
- it's been sheer hard work
(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so
Short Definition:perpendicular or nearly
Examples:- the sheer ice walls
(of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous
Short Definition:very thin
Examples:- sheer white silk chiffon
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