Proficiency: GOLD UNIT 9 VOCABULARY 04

4.- By sheer force of will

Por pura fuerza de voluntad

sheer      

    1      sheer 

         You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.

             His music is sheer delight.

             Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea.

             ...acts of sheer desperation.

            ADJ: ADJ n  emphasis 

            = pure 

    2      sheer   sheerer   sheerest 

            A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.

                There was a sheer drop just outside my window.

                A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.

            ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n 

           

    3      sheer   sheerer   sheerest 

            Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate.

                ...sheer black tights.

            ADJ-GRADED 

           

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