flatly
Example Sentences
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Associated Newspapers, the owners of the two papers, flatly denies acting unlawfully.
From BBC
That, of course, is not the same as "negotiations", which might explain why an Iranian military spokesman has flatly denied they are taking place.
From BBC
In particular, the insurers flatly denied in court that their agents had any “special relationship of trust and confidence” with their customers.
From MarketWatch
It kept generating random false answers, even while flatly insisting that they were correct and accurate.
From MarketWatch
“Seeing as you just told me to pull it from your pocket, I had an inkling,” he says flatly.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.