Etymology

sheerly

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Today it means: Absolutely; purely; quite. Full definition →

Middle English schyrly
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromschyrly
  2. English todaysheerly

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.