Dictionary Check: sheer

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"sheer" is a valid word!

Scrabble 8 points
Words with Friends 7 points

Definition

adjective

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

Example: "absolute freedom"
Synonyms:
absolute downright out-and-out rank right-down
adjective

not mixed with extraneous elements

Example: "plain water"
Synonyms:
plain unmingled unmixed
adjective

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

Example: "a bluff headland"
Synonyms:
bluff bold
adjective

so thin as to transmit light

Example: "a hat with a diaphanous veil"
Synonyms:
diaphanous filmy gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through transparent vaporous
adverb

straight up or down without a break

Synonyms:
perpendicularly
adverb

completely

Example: "he fell sheer into the water"

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Anagrams of "sheer"

heres herse shere
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