Both Uses of
sheer
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- To do her justice, she really believed Anne had made Diana drunk out of sheer malice prepense, and she was honestly anxious to preserve her little daughter from the contamination of further intimacy with such a child.†
Chpt 16
- I made her three good, warm, serviceable ones this fall, and anything more is sheer extravagance.†
Chpt 25 *
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent