flatly
/ˈflætli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a physically flat or level manner.
adv
In a manner that shows no emotion.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat Middle English -ly English -ly English flatly From flat + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more flatly (comparative)
most flatly (superlative)