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deadeye

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈdɛdaɪ

Definitions

  1. Very accurate in shooting or throwing.
    not-comparable
  2. Cold; unfriendly.
    not-comparable

Examples

“Gross, only a 20-year-old junior, is a deadeye passer, a poised runner and a quick-thinking field general.”
“Help⟳ in that department should come⟳ from highly touted freshman Jason Kapono, a 6'7" deadeye shooter who made 211 threes in high school.”
“The old man was a natural sniper, a deadeye shooter even as a boy, and he served with my great uncle in the First World War.”
“The deadeye stare⟳ of the bassist was enough to make⟳ any normal person run⟳.”
“Outlandish in its violence and its conceit, "The Brave One" would be an interesting addendum to Foster's career even without its biographical frisson, without the image of Erica holding a gun with a deadeye stare⟳ […]”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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