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flatling

flatling adverb: flatly, plainly.

Adverb

flatling (comparative more flatling, superlative most flatling)

  1. Flatly, plainly.
  2. In a flat position.
  3. With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
    • Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke, / In signe of true subjection to her powre […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of flatling

comparativemore flatling
superlativemost flatling
alternative formflatlings
alternative formflatlong

Origin of flatling

From Middle English flatling, flatlyng, flatlynge, (also as flatlynges), equivalent to flat + -ling.

Questions about flatling

What does flatling mean?
Flatling means flatly, plainly.
What part of speech is flatling?
Flatling is an adverb.

Words near flatling in the dictionary

  1. flatline
  2. flatlined
  3. flatliner
  4. flatliners
  5. flatlines
  6. flatling
  7. flatlings
  8. flatlining
  9. flatlock
  10. flatlong
  11. flatly

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