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Definition: Flatly |
FlatlyAdverb1. In an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flatly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: FlatlySynonyms: categorically (adv), unconditionally (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Negation | Deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flatly |
| English words defined with "flatly": categorically ♦ obtuse ♦ Platly, purblind ♦ To lie in one's throat ♦ unconditionally. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flatly": bulk wide-area excavation. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He laid his book on the counter and passed out, his wellshod feet sounding flatly on the floor |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But time and again Saddam Hussein flatly rejected the path of diplomacy and peace. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Flatly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flatly" is used about 344 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 344 | 15,433 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "flatly": flatly deny. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flatly | 8 |
flatly michael | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flatly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zvargët, në mënyrë monotone, kategorikisht (categorically, definitely). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | решително (courageously, decidedly, decisively, firmly, plump, point blank, pronouncedly, strongly, thundering, unhesitatingly), равно (equally, even, evenly, levelly), плоско. (various references) | |
Chinese | 坚决, 一口 (readily). (various references) | |
Czech | rozhodnì (absolutely, by all means, categorically, certainly, decidedly, decisively, definitely, in any event, strongly, surely). (various references) | |
Finnish | kieltää jotakin jyrkästi (deny flatly), kielsi jyrkästi (denied flatly). (various references) | |
French | catégoriquement. (various references) | |
German | rundweg (bluntly, straight out), rundheraus (direct and straight forward, pointblank), rund (round, rotund), glatt (smooth, unruffled, flat, glibby, plain, silky, sleek, slickly). (various references) | |
Greek | ρητώσ (expressly), ρητά (definitely, explicitly), νέτα-σκέτα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | laposan (prosaically). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bulat-bulat (round object). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 峻拒 (refusing flatly, rejecting sternly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅんきょ (refusing flatly, rejecting sternly). (various references) | |
Korean | 편평하게. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kategorisk. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atlyflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | terminantemente (plump, point-blank, positively, strictly), sem graça (clumsy, milk-and-water, muzzy, platitudinous, savorless, savourless, tubby, uncomely, unshapely, unsightly), redondamente (roundly), planamente, em baixo (at bottom, below, down, downhill, downstairs, downwards), de modo liso. (various references) | |
Romanian | orizontal (across, horizontally, width), lat (broad, flat, prone, Square, wide), hotãrât (adamant, appointed, assertive, categorical, categorically, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, stalwart, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), deschis (above board, artless, avowedly, bald, baldly, barefaced, barely, blunt, broad, direct, downright, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, guileless, light, naked, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, pale, patent, plainly, raw, round, roundly, sincere, Square, straight, straightforward, unfeigned, unreserved), categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified), întins (broad, even, expanse, expansion, expansive, extensive, flat, large, lengthy, mighty, open, outspread, prone, recumbent, smooth, spacious, sprawling, strained, stretched, supine, taut, tense, vast), în mod banal. (various references) | |
Russian | наотрез (flaty, point blank), плоско (aflat, plano). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izrično, apsolutno (absolutely). (various references) | |
Spanish | categóricamente (blankly, categorically, definitely, plump, point blank, positively). (various references) | |
Swedish | platt (flat), plant (flat, plant), bestämt (decidedly), absolut (absolute, absolutely, strict, ultimate). (various references) | |
Turkish | kesinlikle (absolutely, assuredly, blankly, by no means, certainly, decidedly, declaredly, definitely, emphatically, exactly, expressly, nohow, not by a fraction, of a surety, precisely, really, roundly, strictly, sure), düpedüz (completely, downright, outright, sheer, utterly), açıkça (above board, avowedly, bluntly, clear, clearly, cloudlessly, declaredly, definitely, directly, distinctly, downright, evidently, expressly, fairly, frankly, in round terms, manifestly, nakedly, openly, outright, outspokenly, plainly, plump, point blank, professedly, roundly, simply, straight out). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рішуче (decidedly, decisively, drastically, firmly, fixedly, forthright, manfully, point blank, pronouncedly, strongly), нудно, плоско (aflat, flat). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thẳng thừng (blankly, downright, flat, plump), phẳng (flat, level), dứt khoát (blankly, clear-cut, decisive, distinct, final, outright, specific, square, squarely), bẹt hoàn toàn; thẳng, bằng (flat, per, plane). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Flatly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fadly, fastly, fiatly, flatsy, flatty, Fluhli, Fulletby, latly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flatly" (pronounced fla"tlē) |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-l-l-t-y" | |
-1 letter: fatly, tally. | |
-2 letters: ally, fall, flat, flay, tall. | |
-3 letters: aft, all, alt, fat, fay, fly, lat, lay. | |
-4 letters: al, at, ay, fa, la, ta, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-l-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: fatally. | |
+2 letters: artfully, faultily, festally. | |
+3 letters: factually, fatefully, frontally, hatefully, tactfully, tearfully. | |
+4 letters: affluently, boastfully, faithfully, flagrantly, flatulency, flippantly, fritillary, ghastfully, gratefully, tastefully, thankfully, wastefully, watchfully, wrathfully. | |
+5 letters: beautifully, effectually, factionally, faithlessly, fallibility, falteringly, fanatically, faultlessly, fictionally, flatulently, flauntingly, frantically, fraternally, healthfully, masterfully, multifamily. | |
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