| 单词 | in point of fact |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin point of fact P3. in point of fact: with regard to factual accuracy; in reality, actually. Now often used parenthetically as an additional explanation or to correct a falsehood or misunderstanding (cf. in fact at Phrases 2). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] in truthc1330 in faitha1375 in good faitha1393 in casea1398 in effectc1405 indeed1412 effectually1420 actually?a1425 really?a1425 of a truth1494 bottom1531 for a truth?1532 in fact1592 authentically1593 in esse1597 de facto1602 essentially1604 in nature1605 in point of fact1628 positively1649 in point of event1650 effectively1652 honestly1675 entally1691 reely1792 objectively1796 fairlyc1804 in actual fact1824 factually1852 naturally1858 transactionally1866 'smatter of fact1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in fact, actually in, of feata1400 in effectc1405 effectually1420 really?a1425 literallyc1429 (by) matter in deed1447 indeed1535 in fact1592 merely1596 de facto1602 essentially1604 in point of fact1628 upon1644 in point of event1650 effectively1652 in matter of fact1709 absolutelya1712 substantially1753 actually1762 positively1800 in actual fact1824 factually1852 as matter of fact1871 fair dinkum1891 dinkum1894 'smatter of fact1922 basically1927 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse 88 Ignorance in point of fact, so conditioned as hath been shewed, doth so excuse à toto; that an Action proceeding thence..is yet not formally a sinne. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Nov. (1948) II. 408 Three or four great people are to see there are no mistakes in point of fact. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 712 In point of fact, the influence exerted..has never been great. 1848 E. F. Smith Comm. Statute &Constit. Law ix. 430 Before proceeding to the consideration of the next class of cases, it is proper to correct an error in point of fact, in relation to one case. 1888 A. W. Streane Jeremiah 102 In point of fact Jeremiah was absent from Jerusalem. 1914 L. Burbank et al. Methods & Discov. II. ix. 283 The name [sc. Pomato]..led to the unauthorized assumption that the fruit was really a cross between the tomato and the potato. In point of fact, I have never been able to cross these two plants. 1943 Phylon 4 33 I have called such traditions..historic traditions, not at all because they are historically correct in point of fact, but because [etc.]. 1999 J. Crace Being Dead (2000) x. 84 The marine cricket is a beetle, actually... It's not a cricket at all, in point of fact. < as lemmas |
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