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Sheely vs Sheerly - What's the difference?

sheely | sheerly |

As a noun sheely

is a shilfa, or chaffinch.

As an adverb sheerly is

absolutely; thoroughly; utterly; purely; quite.

sheely

English

Noun

(sheelies)
  • A shilfa, or chaffinch.
    • (Webster 1913)

    sheerly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Absolutely; thoroughly; utterly; purely; quite
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=October 21, author=George Grass, title=WagnerVision, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=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. }}
  • (obsolete) at once