matter-of-fact
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
matter of fact
▶noun
- 1 a fact as distinct from an opinion or conjecture.
- 2 Law the part of a judicial inquiry concerned with the truth of alleged facts. Often contrasted with matter of law.
- 1 concerned only with factual content.
- 2 unemotional and practical.
– phrases
as a matter of fact in reality; in fact.
as a matter of fact in reality; in fact.
– derivatives
matter-of-factly adverb,
matter-of-factness noun.
matter-of-factly adverb,
matter-of-factness noun.
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