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SHEER

Definition:

[adverb] straight up or down without a break
Synonyms: perpendicularly
[adverb] directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
[verb] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Synonyms: swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
[verb] cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
[adjective] 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"
Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down
[adjective] not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
Synonyms: plain, unmingled, unmixed
[adjective] 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"
Synonyms: bluff, bold
[adjective] 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"
Synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, cobwebby