sheerly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Absolutely; purely; quite.
    — It had amused the blind man to accept the invitation to give the annual Stalworthy lecture, as it frequently did amuse him to do unexpected things—sheerly to experience—but more than once before he was through the unentertaining business he cursed the moment of good-natured assent.
  2. At a very steep angle; precipitously.
    — The pit dropped sheerly from my feet, but a little way along, the rubbish afforded a practicable slope to the summit of the ruins.
  3. At once. obsolete

词形变化

more sheerly comparative most sheerly superlative

词源

From Middle English schyrly, equivalent to sheer + -ly.
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