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Meanings of flatly in English

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In an unqualified manner.

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Usage of flatly in English
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Mexico has flatly refused, making the issue a point of national pride.
Reuters
2
He said flatly, Such help as I could give you means nothing.
Foundation and Empire
3
We need to get this over and done with, Ryan said flatly.
Daniel's desire
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I'm not going to get her involved in this, she said flatly.
To catch a thief
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But suddenly her laughter broke flatly and she reined in the mare.
Adventure
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Gareth had flatly refused to take her there, calling it too dangerous.
The devil she knows
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Col Delaney stated quite flatly that he would select his own staff.
The Irish Times
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His account is interesting in itself, but rather short and flatly factual.
The Irish Times
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They were so annoyed, in fact, that they flatly refused our request.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Then I told him flatly I stood in need of no wet-nursing.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
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Yet Irgan, who lived in the same city, had flatly contradicted this.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Mrs. Morgan read this rather flatly, and the director was in despair.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
13
Again Siegfried urged them to fight with him; but they flatly refused.
The Story of Siegfried
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And mind, that is flatly contrary to the letter of the Bible.
The Gospel of the Pentateuch: A Set of Parish Sermons
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And Theresa May has flatly refused to stop classing students as migrants.
The Guardian
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On March 15 the British Government flatly refused the modus vivendi suggestion.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
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Flatly through the time
Flatly across language varieties
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