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sheerish

sheerish adjective: somewhat sheer.

Adjective

sheerish (comparative more sheerish, superlative most sheerish)

  1. Somewhat sheer.
    • a sheerish fabric

Forms of sheerish

comparativemore sheerish
superlativemost sheerish

Origin of sheerish

From sheer + -ish.

Questions about sheerish

What does sheerish mean?
Sheerish means somewhat sheer.
What part of speech is sheerish?
Sheerish is an adjective.

Words near sheerish in the dictionary

  1. Sheerin
  2. sheering
  3. Sheerins
  4. Sheerio
  5. Sheerios
  6. sheerish
  7. sheerleg
  8. sheerlegs
  9. sheerly
  10. sheermal
  11. sheerness

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