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
The all-pervasive Swiss grand-hotel influence is also present, but not with sufficient force to flatten out the food to the dead level of tastelessness that prevails in four-fifths of the world's higher-priced hostelries.
From Time Magazine Archive
The juragan's automatic dropped to a dead level with the eyes of the Bugi who had saved Paddy.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
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