contradict flatly

Frequency: 8.01.5 per million words

to state the opposite of what someone has said, in a very direct way

flatlyverb + flatly

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contradict

Examples (10)

  • She flatly contradicted his version of events.
  • The witness flatly contradicted the defendant's testimony.
  • He flatly contradicted what he had said earlier.
  • The data flatly contradicts your theory.
  • The minister flatly contradicted the rumors.
  • Her statement flatly contradicts the official report.
  • The expert flatly contradicted the government's claims.
  • The evidence flatly contradicts his alibi.
  • She flatly contradicted the journalist's account.
  • The professor flatly contradicted the student's assertion.