It means completely by chance.
Sheer refers to a fabric that you can see through.
Sheerness is a city in Scotland
"It was sheer luck that I won the game."? does that work??
If you mean the chance of succes, like fortune, it will be, ironically, 'chance'
the right way to spell sheer is shear.The word sheer is wrong.The corret way to spell it is shear.
Sheer refers to a fabric that you can see through.
It depends on which form you are thinking of. There are many ways to use the word "sheer". "Sheer" can mean: Transparent/translucent/thin- sheer fabric. Pure/raw- sheer rock. Vertically steep- sheer cliffs (also sheer drop) Complete/absolute- sheer nonsense. (Warning! Do NOT confuse "sheer" with "shear")
The correct spelling of the adverb is coincidentally(happening together or subsequently, by sheer chance).
Sheerness is a city in Scotland
The phrase soldiering is 99percent boredom and 1percent sheer terror means that they are ever in danger and mainly bored.
They mean the same thing because fat chance is sarcastic. The "fat chance" is said, it really means little chance or "slim chance."
An outside chance
little or no chance of success.
It means the same as "to have a chance."
That is a very sheer dress.
They don't (quite) mean the same thing, the expression:'fat chance' means there is no chance,'slim chance' means that it will be difficult but there is just a chance.
"It was sheer luck that I won the game."? does that work??