The phrase "a distinctly flat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has a clear and noticeable flatness, whether in a physical, metaphorical, or artistic context.
Example: "The painting was a distinctly flat representation of the landscape, lacking depth and dimension."
Alternatives: "a clearly flat" or "a noticeably flat".
Waters with high alkalinity values are considered undesirable because of high concentrations of sodium salts and may have a distinctly flat, unpleasant taste (Ramachandra and Solanki 2007).
The article provides an overview of several fossil fragments, including an important portion of a jawbone that provides proof, the authors say, that an upright monkey scientists had named Homo rudolfensis was definitely a separate species (one with a distinctly flat face) from our erectus forebears.
The distal articular surface is missing the caudal half; however, the cross-sectional shape is subrectangular with a distinctly flat articular face.
Despite surging equities, a few flotations fell distinctly flat in 2010.
And a few frivolous quips in this section of the film are distinctly flat.
And the observed distinctly flat regions of ΔG°t curves of cations over an intermediate composition are attributable to strong intercomponent interactions.
Koehler of Variety said that "Carson as skeptical Eugene energizes what had been a rote conception on the page"; "Cherry offered some dry comic balance"; Larter was "casted little light"; Todd was squandered by his "single, distinctly flat scene"; and "the generally awful thesping, led by Cook, whose blurry grasp of emotions betrays Ellis' apparent disinterest in his actors".
Pyramidal neurons in layer 3 of rat GRS were morphologically distinct from the LS neurons in layer 2. Their cell body was smaller than that of layer 2 LS neurons (Table 3; cf. Figs. 1, 2, 4a), and they had distinctly flat basal dendrites (extending straightly and parallel to the layer borders; Fig. 4a, see also Fig. 5 in Wyss et al. 1990).
The flat earth movement is a distinctly modern phenomenon, dating back no further than the mid-19th century, when pseudonymous writers such as Samuel Rowbotham (who called himself "Parallax") started writing pamphlets insisting that astronomy was a deception and the Earth was a flat plane.
The biggest change is evidently to the design, though — it's out with the Mi 3's rounded plastic sides, and in with a flat metal wrapper that has a distinctly iPhone look.
It's a distinctly odd experience, akin to being in a cat-obsessed stranger's flat, but is pleasantly relaxed compared to the hecticness of the city outside.
