Flatly

/ˈflætli/ adverb

In a direct, blunt, or emotionless manner; in a way that shows no variation in tone or inflection.

From 'flat,' meaning level or without expression, plus the adverbial suffix '-ly.' The sense of 'emotionless' emerged in the 1800s to describe speech without feeling.

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