flatly > define
adverb
- In an unqualified manner.
- usage: "he flatly denied the charges"
- synonyms: categorically, unconditionally
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(adv.) In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively, plainly.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary