nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
she giggled with sheer delight
it's been sheer hard work
(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so
the sheer ice walls
(of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous
sheer white silk chiffon
perpendicularly
the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags
completely; right
she went sheer forward when the door was open
a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article
I put up the new curtains and sheers
she ditched her glossy sheers while pregnant
a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat
the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern