adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flatly contradicts
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The article flatly contradicts their claims.
flatly refuse (= in a firm and definite way )
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He flatly refused to tell me anything.
flatly reject (= in a firm and definite way )
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He flatly rejected the rebel’s demands.
flatly/categorically deny sth (= very definitely and directly )
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In the interview, he flatly denied that charge.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
contradict
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It is also true that the two main Opposition parties have energy policies which are flatly contradicted by their environmental policies.
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Since the trauma of 1929, few people contest this need, although it flatly contradicts the tradition of economic liberalism.
deny
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The allegation that there had been a military show of strength was flatly denied by Yakovlev on May 4.
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Many scientists flatly denied the possibility.
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No member of the family knew her exact age and whatever they might have guessed she would have denied flatly .
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This, indeed, is something which the average person will at first flatly deny .
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But Democrats flatly denied that the subcommittee already had unanimously agreed to recommend a reprimand.
refuse
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She had refused flatly to consider him as her groom, but the time of reckoning was at hand.
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Two districts, Arlington and Alexandria, flatly refused to tell him anything.
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Bernard says he flatly refuses to be done anywhere else.
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She proceeded to tell him a joke so corny that Uncle Billy would have flatly refused it for his own collection.
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She caused upset by demanding that her own bodyguards handle security arrangements during the ceremony, a request that was flatly refused .
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Then the Park District flatly refused to issue them a permit.
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Few of these grants were easily elicited, some were decidedly difficult to extract, and occasional demands were flatly refused .
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I flatly refuse to accept any contradictions on this point.
reject
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FitzGerald flatly rejects this claim, but on this point her argument strikes me as thin.
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Peres brought the plan to Shamir, who flatly rejected it.
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He flatly rejected the pleas of Aung San to stand for election.
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The army has flatly rejected these findings.
say
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This would have to be their last telephone conversation, he said flatly .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He said flatly that there was no chance of a reconciliation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had spoken very flatly , making his introduction sound like a threat.
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It is also true that the two main Opposition parties have energy policies which are flatly contradicted by their environmental policies.
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When she had first proposed doing the piece, her bosses had flatly turned down her proposal.