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flatly

 adverb
     
flat‧ly
1

flatly refuse/deny/oppose etc something

to say something in a direct and definite way that is not likely to change:
He flatly denied ever having met the woman.
2 without showing any emotion:
'Aunt Alicia has changed her will,' she said flatly.
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