sheer
adjective
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"The Islander is sheering off from us towards the middle of the river, and that is where she is making her mistake."
From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Oliver Optic