Definitions for matter-of-fact

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matter-of-fact mat·ter-of-fact

Spelling: [mat-er-uh v-fakt]

IPA: /ˈmæt ər əvˈfækt/

Matter-Of-Fact is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in matter-of-fact (--aaceffmorttt).

Definitions for matter-of-fact

noun

1. something of a factual nature, as an actual occurrence.
2. Law. a statement or allegation to be judged on the basis of the evidence.

adjective

1. adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace:
2. direct or unemotional; straightforward; down-to-earth.

Origin of matter-of-fact

First recorded in 1705-15

Examples for matter-of-fact

Her tones as she spoke were quite as matter-of-fact as his own had been.

"And, while the two of you were talking," Demarest continued in a matter-of-fact manner.

He was a gay bro, whose gay-ness was probably the most matter-of-fact thing about him.

"I married your son this morning," she said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Her matter-of-fact voice makes the resemblance unmistakable: “A Murky Fate” begins with “This is what happened.”

Cooke writes, “In our conversations among the band she has revealed in a matter-of-fact way that she has had affairs with women.”

The scene is written with a matter-of-fact restraint that lends it great power.

And really they're the most unemotional and matter-of-fact couple I ever saw.

That throat slit is so real, so jarring, and so matter-of-fact.

"They needed 'er theirselves," explained the mate in a matter-of-fact way.