Flatly

//ˈflætli//

"Flatly" in a Sentence (17 examples)

You should have refused his request flatly.

Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.

To my surprise, her reply was flatly negative.

His secretary flatly denied leaking any confidential information.

He rejected our demand flatly.

He rejected my offer flatly.

He flatly refused to let me in.

He flatly turned down our request.

He flatly refused her requests for help.

She flatly refused to let him in.

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He bent over the old woman again, with his ear turned flatly to her lips and then to the region of her heart.

Rabbit country, the working man's uncultivable terrain. Half a mile away, square open patches of yellow sand flatly glittered, and far on the horizon cranes and vast silver cylinders stood about, ghostly shining inhabitants of the marsh.

It was an accusation that he flatly denied.

In 2017 in Zimbabwe, a military takeover brought Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule to and end. But one of the leaders, Maj Gen Sibusiso Moyo, appeared on television at the time, flatly denying it was a military takeover.

He replied flatly to the policeman's questions.

"Sure you never heard of him?" he asked incredulously. "Never," I said flatly.

"It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.

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