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next-level

next-level adjective: significantly more advanced, better, or more extreme.

Adjective

next-level (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Significantly more advanced, better, or more extreme.
    • I'm in because look, there's some next-level shit going on around here, and I'm with that.1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by James Darrell (Will Smith)
    • I would give him some thugged-out braids, a wife-beater, a pair of jeans, and penny loafers. I'd bring him back on some next-level kind of flavor.2005 August, Amy Phillips, “Q&A Missy Elliott”, in SPIN, volume 21, number 8, page 24

Examples of next-level in a sentence

  • This broad-based thinking begins to define areas that require next-level thinking, something that is a major focus of this book.2011, Robert A. Rudzki, Robert J. Trent, Next Level Supply Management Excellence, →ISBN:
  • The spices and lemon makes this some next-level shit that you will actually want to eat.2014, Thug Kitchen, Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F**k, →ISBN, page 85:

Questions about next-level

What does next-level mean?
Next-level means significantly more advanced, better, or more extreme.
How do you use next-level in a sentence?
This broad-based thinking begins to define areas that require next-level thinking, something that is a major focus of this book.
What part of speech is next-level?
Next-level is an adjective.

Words near next-level in the dictionary

  1. next-day
  2. next-door
  3. next-gen
  4. next-generation
  5. next-generation network
  6. next-level
  7. next-to-it-ness
  8. next-to-last
  9. next-to-ness
  10. nextborn
  11. nextborns

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