straight up or down without a break
[ Syn: perpendicularly , perpendicularly , perpendicularly , perpendicularly , perpendicularly , perpendicularly , perpendicularly , perpendicularly ]
directly; he fell sheer into the water'
sheer (adv.)
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
[ Syn: absolute , downright , out-and-out , rank , right-down ]
not mixed with extraneous elements; plain water; sheer wine; not an unmixed blessing
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
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
[ Syn: diaphanous , filmy , gauzy , gauze-like , gossamer , see-through , transparent , vaporous , vapourous , cobwebby ]