"sheerly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English schyrly, equivalent to sheer + -ly.",
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    {
      "form": "more sheerly",
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    {
      "form": "most sheerly",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1988 October 21, George Grass, “WagnerVision”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "On a sheerly technical plane, the projections used for the backgrounds were very effective, particularly in the third act, where a sunset faded most convincingly.",
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        "Absolutely; purely; quite."
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          "purely",
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          "quite",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 238",
          "text": "The pit dropped sheerly from my feet, but a little way along, the rubbish afforded a practicable slope to the summit of the ruins.",
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        "At a very steep angle; precipitously."
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          "steep",
          "steep"
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          "precipitously",
          "precipitously"
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      "glosses": [
        "At once."
      ],
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          "At once",
          "at once"
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        "(obsolete) At once."
      ],
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  "word": "sheerly"
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      "form": "more sheerly",
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      "form": "most sheerly",
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1988 October 21, George Grass, “WagnerVision”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "On a sheerly technical plane, the projections used for the backgrounds were very effective, particularly in the third act, where a sunset faded most convincingly.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Absolutely; purely; quite."
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        "At a very steep angle; precipitously."
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        "At once."
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        "(obsolete) At once."
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