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not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss steady being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level" horizontal oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level" even tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody" talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you" become level or even; "The ground levelled off" an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level" a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; "park the car on the level" having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface" even make level or straight; "level the ground" direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?" a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" |
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