Both Uses of
sheer
in
Main Street
- The other girls in her dormitory marveled at the slightness of her body when they saw her in sheer negligee, or darting out wet from a shower-bath.†
Chpt 1 *
- What confused her during the three or four months after her marriage was not lack of perception that she must be definite, but sheer careless happiness of her first home.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent