flatly
In monotone voice
Flatly means in a direct, unequivocal manner that leaves no room for discussion or doubt: She flatly refused to apologize.
The word suggests bluntness bordering on curtness—a flat rejection of negotiation or nuance.
Someone who flatly denies something offers no hedging or qualification: He flatly contradicted everything she said.
Condition or mode
- declareState officially
- announceState something officially
- assertDeclare confidently true
- pronounceUtter distinctly, vocalize
tell · inform · say · directly · plainly · frankly · candidly · forthrightly
Reject or garbage
contradict · dispute · dismiss · repudiate · disavow · negate · counter · turn down
Completely, without exception
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- utterlyTo the fullest extent
- totallyTo the full extent
- entirelyTo the full extent
wholly · unequivocally · unconditionally · categorically · definitively · decisively · emphatically · unambiguously
Produce words aloud
read · drone · expressionlessly · tonelessly · lifelessly · dully · woodenly · mechanically
state
Condition or mode
pronounce · tell · inform · say · directly · plainly · frankly · candidly · forthrightly · bluntly
refuse
Reject or garbage
rebuff · contradict · dispute · dismiss · repudiate · disavow · negate · counter · turn down · shut down
absolutely
Completely, without exception
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- utterlyTo the fullest extent
- totallyTo the full extent
entirely · wholly · unequivocally · unconditionally · categorically · definitively · decisively · emphatically · unambiguously · unreservedly
speak
Produce words aloud
deliver · read · drone · expressionlessly · tonelessly · lifelessly · dully · woodenly · mechanically · colorlessly
flatlyanimatedly
In lively manner
expressively · emotionally · passionately · enthusiastically · excitedly
flatlytentatively
Without full commitment
hesitantly · equivocally · uncertainly · ambiguously · waveringly
- flat tireDeflated vehicle wheel
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
- fall flatFail to impress
- flat brokeEntirely without money
- fell flatFailed to impress
- flat outTotally, without reservation
flat, flatten, flatter, flattery, flatness, flattened, flattening, flattens, flattener