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Word entry · 5 letters

sheer

Best crossword clue

"Very steep"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ʃɪə̯/Part of speech adverb, adjective, verbSorted eehrsStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Very steep, complete, or thin and transparent.

Word origin

Perhaps from Dutch scheren (“to move aside, skim”); see also shear.

Used in a sentence

  • Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.
  • “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”
  • She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure to perfection.

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