Mexico has flatly refused, making the issue a point of national pride.

He said flatly, Such help as I could give you means nothing.

We need to get this over and done with, Ryan said flatly.

I'm not going to get her involved in this, she said flatly.

But suddenly her laughter broke flatly and she reined in the mare.

Gareth had flatly refused to take her there, calling it too dangerous.

Col Delaney stated quite flatly that he would select his own staff.

His account is interesting in itself, but rather short and flatly factual.

They were so annoyed, in fact, that they flatly refused our request.

Then I told him flatly I stood in need of no wet-nursing.

Yet Irgan, who lived in the same city, had flatly contradicted this.

Mrs. Morgan read this rather flatly, and the director was in despair.

Again Siegfried urged them to fight with him; but they flatly refused.

And mind, that is flatly contrary to the letter of the Bible.

And Theresa May has flatly refused to stop classing students as migrants.

On March 15 the British Government flatly refused the modus vivendi suggestion.