adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
matter-of-fact (= showing no emotion when what you are saying is exciting, frightening, upsetting, etc )
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His tone was matter-of-fact, but she noticed he was shaking.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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tone
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Arthur Ransome illustrates how a matter-of-fact tone can match the no-nonsense approach of children; and so on.
voice
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He picked up the sheet of paper and began to read in a slow, matter-of-fact voice .
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He spoke it all in a very matter-of-fact voice .
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About D and M, in a bright little matter-of-fact voice .
way
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Nevertheless, it was independently undertaken, in a very matter-of-fact way , to assist a respected superior in coping.
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When pressed he would explain the secret of his success, in a shy, matter-of-fact way .
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She'd confront him in a matter-of-fact way .
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There cancer is not feared and dreaded, but is treated in a matter-of-fact way as an everyday occurrence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A spokesman listed the casualties in a detached, matter-of-fact tone of voice.
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She spoke of death in a calm, matter-of-fact way.
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The condom advertising campaign is going to be very straightforward and as matter-of-fact as possible.
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We were surprised at the matter-of-fact way Judith described her husband's death.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even in the most matter-of-fact and determined plans there was always an element of unreality.
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He was also more than a little scandalised at the girl's matter-of-fact acceptance of what had happened.
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It was matter-of-fact , the way some one might say it looks like rain.
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There cancer is not feared and dreaded, but is treated in a matter-of-fact way as an everyday occurrence.
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There was something practical, matter-of-fact about the boy.
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This may be by way of theory, or on more matter-of-fact lines about technique or such questions as composition.
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When pressed he would explain the secret of his success, in a shy, matter-of-fact way.