Flatly
Flatly adverb - In an unqualified manner.
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In fact and flatly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In fact" instead an adverb "Flatly".
Nearby Word: flat
In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
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- In fact, she's brought in expressly for this purpose (Angela flatly states she called her down solely so Sylar could kill her), and doesn't even get a line we only ever hear her scream.
Source: We Hardly Knew Ye - The final novel, That Hideous Strength, drops all pretense, and in fact events in the book flatly contradict actual then-current political history.
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