Comprehensive
Comprehensive adjective - Covering everything or all important points.
Sheer and comprehensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Comprehensive".
Sheer
Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.
Comprehensive and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comprehensive" instead an adjective "Sheer".
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The strip was also the original source of "Sadie Hawkins Day" dances.Due to the sheer length of the comic, a comprehensive reprint has yet to reach completion.
Source: Comic Strip / Li'l Abner - Lovecraft and a huge and comprehensive history of Science Fiction and Fantasy publishing.Today Chalker is most famous (indeed notorious) for the sheer amount of Author Appeal packed into his works, exceeded perhaps only by Piers Anthony in this regard.
Source: Creator / Jack Chalker
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