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sheerly.

Absolutely; purely; quite.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv
  1. Absolutely; purely; quite.

  2. At a very steep angle; precipitously.

  3. At once.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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