'Flatly' definitions:

Definition of 'flatly'

(from WordNet)
adverb
In an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges" [syn: flatly, categorically, unconditionally]

Definition of 'Flatly'

From: GCIDE
  • Flatly \Flat"ly\, adv.
  • 1. In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly. [1913 Webster]
  • He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and without appetite. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. peremptorily; positively; plainly; forthrightly. "He flatly refused his aid." --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]