Minor and Sheer

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Minor adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

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Sheer and minor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Minor".

Nearby Words: minority, Minorite

Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.

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Minor and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Minor" instead an adjective "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

In Ayn Rand's Night of January 16th, a minor character mentions Bjorn Faulkner having presented Karen Andre with a sheer platinum gown, "fine and soft as silk," which she put on after it was warmed in the fireplace.

Source: Impractically Fancy Outfit
However, he's not invincible: Word of God explicitly states that his first one-upping over Littlefinger was due to a combination of minor carelessness on Littlefingers's part and sheer dumb luck.

Source: Fan Fic / Son Of The Seven Kingdoms
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, there is a minor character introduced for the sheer hilarity of the story as a Rain God.

Source: I Am Who?

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