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Meaning of dead as Hector | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Unquestionably dead.

dated, not-comparable

Examples

“[…] if a man, on coming up to his old friend’s cottage, finds the owner staring him in the face⟳ over a stile, all the while as dead as Hector,—still the answer⟳ is,—“Why, to be sure, all this is rather absurd; but then, Sir, consider⟳ the power.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dead asleep dead calm dead center dead drunk dead first dead from the neck up

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