sheer's Usage Examples:

He is that loudmouth of the 1980s who was too cocksure by half, and achieved popularity through sheer vulgarity alone.

The board has been cowed by the volume of the data and the sheer grind of the presentation into a stupefied silence.

In 2005, hurricanes were not only more severe, but also set records for the sheer number that made landfall.

The emphasis on Kubrick's sheer dedication to the film is marvelous.

And so it fell to Mary Tealby, a penniless divorcee dying of cancer, to try to remedy the situation through sheer perseverance.

"With a comfortable waistband, these have a sheer toe making them ideal to wear with sandals.

To continue the strife when Wellington was firmly established on the line of the Garonne, and Lyons and Bordeaux had hoisted the Bourbonfleur de lys, was seen by all but Napoleon to be sheer madness; but it needed the pressure of his marshals in painful interviews at Fontainebleau to bring him to reason.

Wildcats were struggling to keep up but through sheer tenacity trailed by nine at half time.

With features like sheer material, open cups, or being crotchless, however, you'll know this lingerie is for the woman of today who's comfortable in her skin while enjoying a little retro fashion.

Just before the last boats sheered off the masses of stores which it had been necessary to abandon were set on fire, and only from the glare set up by this conflagration were the Turks made aware that their opponents had evaded them yet again.

Discipline, precision and concentration are key elements; sheer brio isn't enough on its own.

Some fine mosaics have been here unearthed and immediately destroyed, in sheer wantonness, by the natives quarrying building-stone.

high, being made on shore and then deposited in position by floating sheers of special design.

Synonyms:

downright, complete, rank, right-down, out-and-out, absolute,

Antonyms:

opaque, clear, solid, liquid, incomplete,