adverb
- completely; entirely; purely
- steeply; vertically or almost vertically
Examples
- The decision was made sheerly on the basis of cost.
- She won the competition through sheer talent and sheerly hard work.
- The cliff face dropped sheerly into the ocean below.
- The mountain wall rose sheerly from the valley floor.
- His success was sheerly due to persistence.
- The rock formation jutted sheerly upward for hundreds of feet.
- It was sheerly by accident that we met again after so many years.