Definitions

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

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 market overall was dead level with the previous weekend but an alarming 38% down on the equivalent frame from 2009, when Pixar's Up topped the chart with a hefty £6.41m.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2010

They would reduce our people to a dead level.

From Time Magazine Archive

We really cannot reduce all to a dead level.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)

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