sheer

About 7.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Very thin or transparent.

   Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.

2. adjective Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
3. adjective Downright; complete; pure.

   I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.

4. adjective Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

   The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist.

5. adjective Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

   It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.

6. adverb Clean; completely; at once.
7. noun A sheer curtain or fabric.

   Use sheers to maximize natural light.

8. noun The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

Similar words

gauzy filmy cut curve slue vaporous slew plain steep diaphanous

Often followed by

force size number volume numbers weight joy physical exhaustion delight

Word family

sheered sheerer sheerest sheering sheerly sheerness sheernesses sheers