2 meanings, 6 uses
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1 —4 uses as in:
sheer fun
Definition
complete or pure — without restriction, qualification, or other elements (used for emphasis)
- May be sheer moonshine-just plain lunacy!p. 90.4
sheer = pure
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Of course all that was the sheerest hypocrisy!p. 100.6
- And anyway it's a sheer impossibility that...p. 229.7
- Sheer reaction had kept her immobile.p. 241.4
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2 —2 uses as in:
a sheer cliff
Definition
so steep it is almost vertical
- ...the cliffs fell sheer to the sea below,p. 111.5
sheer = steeply
- It's pretty sheer. [the cliff]p. 114.3
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