sheerness
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- noun
- /ˈʃɪrnəs/
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transparencia
- The sheerness of the fabric made the dress look elegant and airy.
They have like a nice Sheerness, very melty and the colors are gorgeous.
- They have like a nice Sheerness, very melty and the colors are gorgeous.
Examples
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The artist used a technique to enhance the sheerness of the layers in her painting.
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Like I liked the Sheerness on my lips that I was getting from that stick.
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It's got a little Sheerness, but a ton of shine like gloss, like shine.
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They have like a nice Sheerness, very melty and the colors are gorgeous.
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The pigment was probably applied with a wet-on-wet oil technique to confer its sheerness.
Academic text (2002) -
She admired the sheerness of the curtains that let in soft natural light.
Synonyms
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4.6
To let light pass so you can see objects behind
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3.3
A small width of an object like ice or wire
A light, delicate quality that lets light pass and looks slightly see-through
The quality of letting light pass so you can partly see through something
How clear something is so you can see through it
Clear quality that makes something easy to see or understand
Clear water or glass that lets light pass so you can see through
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sheerness meaning very thin or almost transparent comes from an old idea of being 'clear' or 'bright', like the simple word clear. So when a fabric shows its sheerness, it is almost 'see-through', which is why the word means very thin or transparent.