dead level

[ded levuhl] / ˈdɛd ˈlɛvəl /

ADVERB

frankly

Synonyms

STRONG

candidly

WEAK

bluntly directly forthrightly freely from the hip in truth laid on the line level on the level on the line openly plainly straight straight-out straightforwardly without reserve

Antonyms

WEAK

deviously dishonestly insincerely secretively

ADJECTIVE

sincere

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candid earnest for real forthright genuine heartfelt outspoken real serious true trustworthy

WEAK

24-carat aboveboard actual artless bona fide dead-level dear devout faithful frank guileless honest-to-God honest-to-goodness like it is meant natural no-fooling no-nonsense on the level on the line on the up and up open plain pretensionless regular righteous saintly square sure-enough true-blue unaffected undesigning undissembled unfeigned unpretentious up-front wholehearted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

counterfeit deceitful devious dishonest false flippant insincere invalid untrustworthy

WEAK

tricky

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2015

Meanwhile Narnia flick Voyage of the Dawn Treader is cruising along steadily with takings up by 30% on the Christmas weekend and dead level with grosses from the 17-19 December weekend.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2011

Millreef and TheVic contrived to finish dead level after Friday's three races, despite starting the day on different totals and each finding a different winner.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2010

Rising above the dead level of contemporary U. S. poetry is William Carlos Williams, one of the town's busiest doctors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emphatically, the teacher that is not always climbing himself will leave his class on a very dead level indeed.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.

dead level

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