Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - sheer(1)

adj. & adv. --adj. 1 no more or less than; mere, unqualified, absolute (sheer luck; sheer determination). 2 (of a cliff or ascent etc.) perpendicular; very steep. 3 (of a textile) very thin; diaphanous. --adv. 1 directly, outright. 2 perpendicularly. øøsheerly adv. sheerness n. [ME schere prob. f. dial. shire pure, clear f. OE scir f. Gmc]