All 3 Uses of
sheer
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Miss Squeers knew as well in her heart of hearts that what the miserable serving-girl had said was sheer, coarse, lying flattery, as did the girl herself; yet the mere opportunity of venting a little ill-nature against the offending Miss Price, and affecting to compassionate her weaknesses and foibles, though only in the presence of a solitary dependant, was almost as great a relief to her spleen as if the whole had been gospel truth.†
Chpt 12
- Nicholas shrugged his shoulders; but sheer destitution was before him; and if he could summon fortitude to undergo the extremes of want and hardship, for what had he rescued his helpless charge if it were only to bear as hard a fate as that from which he had wrested him?†
Chpt 22
- Now it attained a height which was sheer wild lunacy.†
Chpt 62 *
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent