Adjective: matter-of-fact 'matur uv 'fakt- Not fanciful or imaginative
"local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones" - prosaic - Concerned with practical matters
"a matter-of-fact approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip" - pragmatic, pragmatical Noun: matter of fact- A disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide
- question of fact - A matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
Derived forms: matters of fact See also: practical, unrhetorical Type of: fact, head, question Encyclopedia: Matter of fact |