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

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

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

Congressman Vinson, who has always tried to do his level best for Franklin Roosevelt, drawled: "We have done our dead level best to ... be helpful to business recovery."

From Time Magazine Archive

Limitless plains surround us on all sides, from which gently swelling billows of earth occasionally elevate themselves above the dead level, only to sink back into it again.

From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil

dead level

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