dead level
Americanadjective
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completely flat or straight.
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characterized by monotonous, tiring sameness.
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completely equal or even.
noun
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a completely flat surface or piece of land.
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a state of monotonous, tiring sameness.
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a state of equality or evenness, as in a vote.
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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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