"dead-wrong" meaning in English

See dead-wrong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dead-wrong (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Alternative form of dead wrong Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, rare Alternative form of: dead wrong
    Sense id: en-dead-wrong-en-adj-~QGy63Z1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2015, Gloria H. Giroux, Voices of Angels: A Novel",
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