sheer
adjective
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
sheerly
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a word derived from
sheer.
Example Sentences
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"That song comes sheerly from wanting to throw something," Levine said in a 2002 interview with MTV.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2021
That provides plot points that, sheerly for being unfamiliar, will resonate with audiences.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
The charts could make shows more popular sheerly by exposing listeners to podcasts they haven’t heard.
From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2020
Clearly, she’d come around the bend, and at Coachella on Sunday night her set was raucous, joyful and one of the weekend’s most sheerly pleasurable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2017
It falls partly into the category of historical fiction because much of it is sheerly created out of Mr. Belloc's own head.
From Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
