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Meanings of sheerly in English

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Usage of sheerly in English
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The weariest and the most wistful faces were sheerly transfigured by it.
If Winter Comes
2
That most exact and convincing of all sciences, mathematics, is sheerly metaphysical.
The Iron Heel
3
Here, now, in feigning to imitate the unfortunate Hempel, he was sheerly irresistible.
Australia Felix
4
The gray house was, at first, of sheerly pastoral intent.
The Beautiful and Damned
5
I mean to say, it's sheerly automatic; the Commissioner himself couldn't make an exception.
The Green Eyes of Bâst
6
Nay, you MUST not go-itis impossible, it is sheerly, it is utterly, impossible.
Poor Folk
7
Tested by standards of this world's make, his notions and conduct were sheerly fantastic.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
8
Or had someone disfigured the hitchhiker sheerly for the deep, dirty thrill of it?
Fear nothing
9
I sensed their abandonment to the sheerly physical, till it took in their whole horizon.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
10
It was sheerly automatic, and his visioning was an unfailing accompaniment to the living present.
Martin Eden
11
Sometimes I laughed, for the thing is sheerly ridiculous.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
12
It jutted up sheerly, and Jerry knew that he had no time to scale it.
The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
13
That is, they live with us sheerly as spiritual presences, dependent upon our faithful remembrance for their embodiment.
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
14
Yes, Tilly's charity seemed sheerly inexhaustible.
Australia Felix
15
One was bound... bound... and by just those silken threads which, in premarital days, had seemed sheerly desirable.
Australia Felix
16
The action was sheerly automatic.
Fire-Tongue
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Sheerly through the time