Rank
Rank adjective - Very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad.
Usage example: the article about fairy tales was full of rank errors, such as a reference to “Cinderella biting into the poisoned apple”
Sheer is a synonym for rank in complete topic. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Rank", when it comes to topics like utter, downright, absolute. popular alternative
Sheer
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Author Appeal: As with Partially Kissed Hero, but instead of shiny things and eternal beauty (at first), making them dresses, baking them food, giving them awesome (classified as S-rank in the fic itself) massages complete with full spa treatment and music, etc, plus the sheer number of women.
Source: Fan Fic / Chunin Exam Day -
While he points out himself that determination is no substitute for ability he lacks, he manages to climb to the highest rank of Sand Masters by sheer stubborness, then survives being buried under a metre of sand with sheer willpower and protects his remaining people with little more than zeal.
Source: Determinator / Comic Books - Both have moments of sheer oddball-ness that rank among the funniest quirks of anyone in the series.
Source: Not So Above It All
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