Meaning : Straight up or down without a break.
Synonyms : perpendicularly
Meaning : Directly.
Example :
He fell sheer into the water.
Meaning : Complete and without restriction or qualification. Sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
Example :
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
Meaning : So thin as to transmit light.
Example :
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 : cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous