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# flatly

«flatly» in Mova's school dictionary: **completely and firmly, with no doubt: "She flatly refused."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flatly means completely and firmly, with no doubt: "She flatly refused." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#m1)

2) Flatly means in a dull, flat voice without feeling or expression. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character saying a firm "no" or speaking in a bored or sad voice. Phrases: «flatly refused», «flatly denied», «said flatly».

### examples

- He flatly refused to eat the sprouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x1)
- The boy flatly denied breaking the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x2)
- "I don't care," she said flatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x3)
- The team flatly rejected the idea of cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x4)
- He spoke flatly, as if he were very tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x5)
- Mum flatly said no to a second dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x6)
- When the queen—or, rather, the swineherd’s daughter—heard of this, she very much wished to have the distaff, but the girl flatly refused to give it to her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «flat» + -ly. Usually goes before the verb («flatly refused, flatly denied»). It does not mean "in a flat shape"; for that you say «laid flat».

### In the corpora

- [The Rat flatly refuses: he's sticking to his river, and so is the Mole.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/9/)
- [For her cousin's wedding, Maddie flatly refused to wear a dress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/378-maddie-the-tomboy/4/)
- [The family steps out for the beach, the sky opens, and Dad says flatly "Oh, great.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flatly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.