MATTER-OF-FACT


Meaning of MATTER-OF-FACT in English

Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: REALISTIC , down-to-earth, earthy, hard-boiled, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic, sober, unidealistic, unsentimental

Related Words: objective, sound

2

Synonyms: PROSAIC 1, prose, prosing, prosy

3 involving no display of emotion FF1C; the matter-of-fact reading of the judge masked his inner anguish FF1E;

Synonyms: cold, cold-blooded, emotionless, impersonal, unimpassioned

Related Words: unaffected, unsentimental; prosaic

Contrasted Words: emotional, impassioned, personal

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Synonyms: IMPASSIVE 1, apathetic, dry, phlegmatic, stoic, stolid

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