Steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult. Used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is See examples of sheer used in a sentence. Definition of sheer adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Extending down or up very steeply
Sheer [size, strength, expanse, number, weight, amount, force], [amazed, surprised, overwhelmed] by the sheer [size] of it, that was sheer stupidity!, more. Boardwalks along the beach in seaside heights, belmar and other towns on the jersey shore were blown away Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property. Though shear and sheer sound the same, their meanings diverge significantly You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.
While all these words mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular, sheer suggests an unbroken perpendicular expanse.
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