Both Uses of
sheer
in
The Idiot
- She did it, I know, from sheer mischief, to spite her mother, for she is a naughty, capricious girl, a real spoiled child spiteful and mischievous to a degree!†
Chpt 3.1
- Lebedeff really had been busy for some little while; but, as usual, his plans had become too complex to succeed, through sheer excess of ardour.†
Chpt 4.10 *
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent