used to show how important a quality is in English:

She accomplished the task through sheer will.

sheer magic

By sheer coincidence I bought a flat next to my childhood friend whom I haven't seen for ages.

Her success was due to sheer hard work.

It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train.

New York City has long been unusual because of its sheer size.

Miss, that dress is splendid, it has a sheer silhouette and is very classy.

His face betrayed his sheer puzzlement.

Sheer badness is just one of her fine qualities.

It's sheer laziness. This dessert is sheer delight. This hill is too sheer for me - I'm not going there with you. She wore a sheer dress

This dessert is sheer delight.

sheer bad manners/hard work/nonsense

Will the Commission also crack down on sheer exploitation? sheer number, sheer underwear

Definition you use sheer to emphasise the great size, weight, or quantity of something

Gina's sheer coldness attracted scads of men with low self-esteem.