adv.断然地；平淡地
I flatly refused to come. 我断然拒绝来。
Our request was flatly rejected. 我们的请求遭到断然拒绝。
Mrs. Morgan read this rather flatly, and the director was in despair. 莫根太太读这一大段时，语气平淡，导演简直绝望了。
