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dead level

American  
[ded levuhl] / ˈdɛd ˈlɛvəl /

adjective

  1. completely flat or straight.

  2. characterized by monotonous, tiring sameness.

  3. completely equal or even.


noun

  1. a completely flat surface or piece of land.

  2. a state of monotonous, tiring sameness.

  3. a state of equality or evenness, as in a vote.

  4. Civil Engineering. the minimum water level in a reservoir below which water can no longer be drained by gravity.

Example Sentences

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Verily he speaks the truth, with the scores dead level on 8½ apiece.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2015

The Hangover Part II was dead level with the previous weekend, and even Transformers: Dark of the Moon only fell 27% from its monster opening.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2011

Who wouldn't want to move there from grimy old Shepherd's Bush, especially now the Economist Intelligence Unit rates Manchester and London dead level for liveability?

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2011

What is wrong about such a practice, in American college buildings. . . is not so much the dead, level, heavy sameness of the results.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nowhere in Europe can you behold such a republican dead level of reckless extravagance.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

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