Definitions
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- noun uncountable The property of being
sheer . - noun countable, rare The result or product of being
sheer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then again, the sheerness of the dress lets those famously toned legs peep through... so we still feel like we're getting the Pippa Experience.
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Now there were rubbers called barebacks, electronically tested for sheerness and sensitivity.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Now there were rubbers called barebacks, electronically tested for sheerness and sensitivity.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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"It's a combination of getting great texture, sheerness and pigment distribution in the product," says Ms. Wells.
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Now there were rubbers called barebacks, electronically tested for sheerness and sensitivity.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The sheerness of the EDT makes the contrasting elements of woody vetiver, powdery orris and cool violet leaf almost startling.
ACT I: The Transformation of No. 19 Ayala Sender 2007
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The sheerness of the EDT makes the contrasting elements of woody vetiver, powdery orris and cool violet leaf almost startling.
Archive 2007-01-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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Simone: this is one of the things I am most proud of.. the detail, the shading, the ... sheerness that seems to make the shirt appear to float away from the skin.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Simone: this is one of the things I am most proud of.. the detail, the shading, the ... sheerness that seems to make the shirt appear to float away from the skin.
Fallingwater Cellardoor, Simone Stern and hyasynth Tiramisu - SLOG 2006
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I just love the sheerness and the embroidery covering up all the parts that need to be covered.
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