sheerly vs simply

sheerly

adv
  • Absolutely; purely; quite. 

  • At a very steep angle; precipitously. 

simply

adv
  • absolutely, positively. 

  • In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone. 

  • Plainly; without art or subtlety 

  • Merely; solely. 

  • Frankly. 

  • Foolishly; stupidly. 

How often have the words sheerly and simply occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )