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Meaning of "sheerly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHEERLY

sheerly  [ˈʃɪəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHEERLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sheerly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SHEERLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sheerly in the English dictionary

The definition of sheerly in the dictionary is used to emphasize the amount or degree to which sth is the case; purely. Other definition of sheerly is in a perpendicular or very steep manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHEERLY


axially
ˈæksɪəlɪ
cheerly
ˈtʃɪəlɪ
clearly
ˈklɪəlɪ
cordially
ˈkɔːdɪəlɪ
dearly
ˈdɪəlɪ
editorially
ˌɛdɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪ
entirely
ɪnˈtaɪəlɪ
fiducially
fɪˈdjuːʃɪəlɪ
ideally
aɪˈdɪəlɪ
linearly
ˈlɪnɪəlɪ
materially
məˈtɪərɪəlɪ
medially
ˈmiːdɪəlɪ
merely
ˈmɪəlɪ
nearly
ˈnɪəlɪ
radially
ˈreɪdɪəlɪ
really
ˈrɪəlɪ
serially
ˈsɪərɪəlɪ
severely
sɪˈvɪəlɪ
sincerely
sɪnˈsɪəlɪ
yearly
ˈjɪəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHEERLY

sheepshearer
sheepshearing
sheepskin
sheepskin jacket
sheeptrack
sheepwalk
sheepy
sheer
sheerleg
sheerlegs
Sheerness
sheesh
sheet
sheet anchor
sheet bend
sheet down
sheet feed
sheet ice
sheet lightning
sheet metal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHEERLY

bitterly
brotherly
cleverly
disorderly
eagerly
easterly
elderly
formerly
improperly
northerly
orderly
overly
properly
quarterly
queerly
southerly
tenderly
utterly
weatherly
westerly

Synonyms and antonyms of sheerly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sheerly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHEERLY

Find out the translation of sheerly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sheerly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sheerly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纯属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sheerly
570 millions of speakers

English

sheerly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sheerly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشكل مطلق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sheerly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sheerly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sheerly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sheerly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semata-mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sheerly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sheerly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sheerly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sheerly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थोडक्यात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sheerly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sheerly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sheerly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sheerly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sheerly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sheerly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sheerly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sheerly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sheerly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sheerly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEERLY»

The term «sheerly» is normally little used and occupies the 113.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEERLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sheerly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sheerly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sheerly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHEERLY»

Discover the use of sheerly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sheerly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cinema by the Bay
What do Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Wars, The Incredibles, Shrek, High Plains Drifter, Never Cry Wolf, Mrs.
Sheerly Avni, 2006
2
Sheerly Irresistible
Claire Dellafield is on a mission.
Kristin Gabriel, 2014
3
Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972
The third plane on which music exists is the sheerly musical plane. Besides the pleasurable sound of music and the expressive feeling that it gives off, music does exist in terms of the notes themselves and of their manipulation. Most listeners ...
Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz, 2004
4
Hatteras Girl (Heart of Carolina Book #3)
When the cuckoo clock lets out eight chirps, my stomach feels hollow, and I wonder if Sheerly has any food to eat in the shop. I know she makes a thermos of jasmine tea each morning for her customers. Today it's on the little table beside the ...
Alice J. Wisler, 2010
5
Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews
But unlike Louis's, Newman's paintings eschew figuration, and concentrate instead on rendering spatiality itself sheerly optical. This is a hard notion to grasp, and its difficulty at first seems to increase in the light of one's actual experience of  ...
Michael Fried, 1998
6
The Rhetoric of Religion: Studies in Logology
Thus, even logologically, there are good grounds for paying close attention to this complicated process whereby, instead of merely staying always within the narrower terminology (as a sheerly naturalistic terminology is "narrower" than the kind ...
Kenneth Burke, 1970
7
Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, commencing ...
Searry's Heirs et al. lant, and he not only now asserts claim to the land in contest, but it is proven that Charles Sheerly, the heir of Michael Sheerly, to whom Hill assigned the obligation, actually elected to take the land in contest, and demanded ...
Kentucky. Court of Appeals, 1848
8
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
A collection of brief pieces in which the sheerly poetical quality is seldom looked for & seldom occurs./ The economic condition of the people in Germany is sheerly desperate. Perhaps owing to the adverbial use of sheer (fell sheer down &c.) ...
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009
9
New Essays on Plato and Aristotle (RLE: Plato)
We concede something of the theory if we say that a conceptual system involving the notions of self-existence, essence, etc., is hardly dispensable: we concede more if we say that it is sheerly indispensable; we concede the heart of what ...
Renford Bambrough, 2012
10
Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and ...
But there is also the sheerly technical fact, as regards the nature of symbolism in general, that the thoroughness of my devotion to my work with a given symbol system may lead me to this "perfect" conclusion. This I call the "entelechial" motive, ...
Kenneth Burke, 1966

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHEERLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sheerly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sheerly not! Kim Kardashian flashes her legs in very daring see …
She has the most famous curves in the world - so it's only natural Kim Kardashian likes to show them off. The reality star gave onlookers a bit of an eyeful as she ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
2
Kim Kardashian Avoids A Parisian Nip Slip By Sheerly Covering Up …
Kim Kardashian Avoids A Parisian Nip Slip By Sheerly Covering Up With Kanye West In This Gothic Chic Look! 3/11/2015 10:03 AM ET | Filed under: Fashion ... «PerezHilton.com, Mar 15»
3
Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, & Olivia Munn Are Sheerly Stunning For Tom …
Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, & Olivia Munn Are Sheerly Stunning For Tom Ford! 2/21/2015 2:29 PM ET | Filed under: Fashion Smashion • Beyonce • Miley Cyrus ... «PerezHilton.com, Feb 15»
4
Jessie J Is Sheerly Stunning On The Grammys Red Carpet
Jessie J Is Sheerly Stunning On The Grammys Red Carpet. 2/08/2015 7:02 PM ET | Filed under: Fashion Smashion • Grammys • Jessie J • Red Carpet. no title. «PerezHilton.com, Feb 15»
5
Sheerly Not! Kris Jenner's See Through Trousers Divide Opinion...
Keeping up with the Kardashians? It's sheerly, sorry nearly, impossible! Matriarch and momager Kris took a bold step towards her daughter Kim's favourite ... «Grazia, Jan 15»
6
Emma Stone Sheerly Legs It To The SAG Awards
Emma Stone Sheerly Legs It To The SAG Awards. 1/25/2015 8:22 PM ET | Filed under: Fashion Smashion • SAG Awards • Emma Stone • Red Carpet • Christian ... «PerezHilton.com, Jan 15»
7
Jewel Got Bejeweled For Elton John's AIDS Benefit — Except She …
Jewel Got Bejeweled For Elton John's AIDS Benefit — Except She Sheerly Failed With Netting Over Her Knockout Cleavage & Black Panties Underneath! «PerezHilton.com, Oct 14»
8
Kendall Jenner Has A Sheerly Angelic Moment Walking The Ports …
Kendall Jenner Has A Sheerly Angelic Moment Walking The Ports 1961 Show At Milan Fashion Week! 9/19/2014 9:50 AM ET | Filed under: Fashion Smashion ... «PerezHilton.com, Sep 14»
9
Miranda Kerr Sheerly Shows Her Support For Terry Richardson On …
Miranda Kerr Sheerly Shows Her Support For Terry Richardson On The Cover Of Harper's Bazaar China! 7/29/2014 3:28 PM ET | Filed under: Fashion ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 14»
10
Holy Pennsatucky! Orange Is The New Black's Taryn Manning …
Orange Is The New Black's resident preacher Taryn Manning is sheerly stunning in a photo shoot for LADYGUNN, flashing her lady bits in a see through Fleur ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sheerly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sheerly>. Apr 2024 ».
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