Sheerly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Sheerly is an adverb meaning Absolutely; purely; quite.
Meaning
Absolutely; purely; quite.
More Meanings
- At a very steep angle; precipitously.
- (obsolete) At once.
Example Sentences
The pit dropped sheerly from my feet, but a little way along, the rubbish afforded a practicable slope to the summit of the ruins.
On a sheerly technical plane, the projections used for the backgrounds were very effective, particularly in the third act, where a sunset faded most convincingly.
It had amused the blind man to accept the invitation to give the annual Stalworthy lecture, as it frequently did amuse him to do unexpected things—sheerly to experience—but more than once before he was through the unentertaining business he cursed the moment of good-natured assent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purely, altogether, outright, absolutely, just, merely.
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