flyaway vs sheer

flyaway

adj
  • Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style. 

  • Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free. 

  • Flighty; frivolous 

noun
  • A stray hair that is difficult to style. 

  • A portable satellite television antenna. 

  • Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain. 

  • A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists. 

sheer

adj
  • Very thin or transparent. 

  • Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something. 

  • Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular. 

  • Downright; complete; pure. 

verb
  • To swerve from a course. 

noun
  • A sheer curtain or fabric. 

  • An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship. 

  • The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern. 

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