1. curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Example Sentences:
'The car cut to the left at the intersection'
'The motorbike veered to the right'

• curve
• cut
• slew
• slue
• swerve
• trend
• veer

2. sheer

cause to sheer

Example Sentences:
'She sheered her car around the obstacle'

3. absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer

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

Example Sentences:
'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'

• absolute
• downright
• out-and-out
• rank
• right-down

4. plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed

not mixed with extraneous elements

Example Sentences:
'plain water'
'sheer wine'
'not an unmixed blessing'

• plain
• unmingled
• unmixed

5. bluff, bold, sheer

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

Example Sentences:
'a bluff headland'
'where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise'
'a sheer descent of rock'

• bluff
• bold

6. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

so thin as to transmit light

Example Sentences:
'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'

• cobwebby
• diaphanous
• filmy
• gauze-like
• gauzy
• gossamer
• see-through
• transparent
• vaporous
• vapourous

7. perpendicularly, sheer

straight up or down without a break

• perpendicularly

8. sheer

directly

Example Sentences:
'he fell sheer into the water'