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[syn: flatly, categorically, unconditionally]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flatly \Flat"ly\, adv.
1. In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit;
dully; frigidly.
[1913 Webster]
He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly,
and without appetite. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. peremptorily; positively; plainly; forthrightly. "He
flatly refused his aid." --Sir P. Sidney.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flatly
adv 1: in an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges"
[syn: flatly, categorically, unconditionally]