Right and Sheer

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Right adjective - Following an original exactly.

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Sheer and right are semantically related. in absolute topic. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Right".

Nearby Words: righteous, rightful, righted, rightly, righting

Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.

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

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Insistent Terminology: Gene keeps misrendering Alex's specialty as "psychiatry." The one time he gets it right — "psychology" — she corrects him anyway through sheer force of habit.

Source: Series / Ashes to Ashes
In The Bartimaeus Trilogy, the entirety of magic is based on saying the right words and using the right symbols, and although it is draining beyond the sheer physical act, anyone can do it.

Source: Ritual Magic
Right before he launches a one-man assault on the bank where his daughter is being held, he coughs up the bullet through sheer force of willpower.

Source: Series / Endeavour

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