matter-of-fact
21matter-of-fact — {adj.} 1. Simply telling or showing the truth; not explaining or telling more. * /The newspaper gave a matter of fact account of the murder trial./ 2. Showing little feeling or excitement or trouble; seeming not to care much. * /When Mary s… …
22matter-of-fact — adj 1. Simply telling or showing the truth; not explaining or telling more. The newspaper gave a matter of fact account of the murder trial. 2. Showing little feeling or excitement or trouble; seeming not to care much. When Mary s father died she …
23matter-of-fact — adjective showing no emotion when you are talking about something exciting, frightening, upsetting etc: Jan was surprisingly matter of fact about her divorce. matter of factly adverb matter of factness noun (U) …
24matter-of-fact — UK / US adjective a) showing no emotion when dealing with something upsetting, exciting etc b) used about someone s behaviour or voice a matter of fact tone Derived words: matter of factly adverb matter of factness noun uncountable …
25matter of fact — noun a) a fact As a matter of fact, the car is midnight blue. b) a more factual correction …
26Matter of Fact — A Matter of Fact, in the Humean sense, is the type of knowledge that can be characterized as arising out of one s interaction with and experience in the external world (as compared to a Relation of Ideas). In a Kantian framework, it is equivalent …
27matter-of-fact — adj. Matter of fact is used with these nouns: ↑tone, ↑voice …
28matter-of-fact — simply telling or showing the truth, seeming not to care much The witness told about the murder in a matter of fact way …
29matter-of-fact — 1》 concerned only with factual content. → matter of fact …
30matter-of-fact — adjective Desmond is too creative and fanciful to fit in with such matter of fact people Syn: unemotional, practical, down to earth, sensible, realistic, rational, sober, unsentimental, pragmatic, businesslike, commonsensical, levelheaded,… …
