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Definition
complete or pure — without restriction, qualification, or other elements (used for emphasis)
- We can do nothing else, it is a sheer necessity.Chapter 7 (4% in)
sheer = complete
- Himmelstoss maintained that it was sheer laziness and invented a method worthy of himself for curing Tjaden.Chapter 3 (72% in)
sheer = pure
There are no more uses of "sheer" in All Quiet on the Western Front.
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