Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective & adverb Precisely accurate and to the point.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective prenominal and informal precisely accurate and to the point.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective accurate and to the point
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Examples
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And in the sense that his understanding of the complexities of the human spirit and the call to exceed the limitations of human ego are a dead-on match with the best thinking Ive ever found in other books, yes, Leo Tolstoy will remain an in fl uence on me as long as my mind functions reasonably well.
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King's always been dead-on with his Big Bads, though.
good little goth girl intertribal 2010
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Now, BritBoy, you are confusing Dawg as to just what you are looking for climate-wise as you are visiting both high altitude coollish places and dead-on hot and humid coastal places.
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Though the statue was five times the actual height of Zojja, it was dead-on.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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She slaps my character – bioforce feedback loops simulate it well – then looks dead-on at my viewpoint.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Some of the things she says are out of this world, but her logic is dead-on.
Bachelor Pad's Chris Harrison: "Holly Is Getting Vilified Unfairly" 2011
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Now, BritBoy, you are confusing Dawg as to just what you are looking for climate-wise as you are visiting both high altitude coollish places and dead-on hot and humid coastal places.
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Now, BritBoy, you are confusing Dawg as to just what you are looking for climate-wise as you are visiting both high altitude coollish places and dead-on hot and humid coastal places.
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The impression is dead-on, although we do have one complaint: The Bieber swoop 'do is so yesterday.
Top Moments: Revenge's Double Trouble and Conan's Reformed Bear... Or Not 2011
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Though the statue was five times the actual height of Zojja, it was dead-on.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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