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(adj) absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, downright
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
absolute freedom; an absolute dimwit; a downright lie; out-and-out mayhem; an out-and-out lie; a rank outsider; many right-down vices; got the job through sheer persistence; sheer stupidity
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
a bluff headland; where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise; a sheer descent of rock
(adj) plain, unmingled, unmixed
not mixed with extraneous elements
plain water; sheer wine; not an unmixed blessing
(adj) diaphanous, gossamer, vaporous, vapourous, transparent, cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through
so thin as to transmit light
a hat with a diaphanous veil; filmy wings of a moth; gauzy clouds of dandelion down; gossamer cobwebs; sheer silk stockings; transparent chiffon; vaporous silks
(adv) perpendicularly
straight up or down without a break
(verb) curve, cut, slew, slue, veer, trend, swerve
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
The car cut to the left at the intersection; The motorbike veered to the right