matter-of-factadjective
uk/ˌmæt.ə.rəvˈfækt/us/ˌmæt̬.ɚ.əvˈfækt/not showing feelings or emotion, especially in a situation when emotion would be expected:
He spoke in a very matter-of-fact way about the accident.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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matter-of-factly
adverb uk/ˌmæt.ə.rəvˈfækt.li/us/ˌmæt̬.ɚ.əvˈfækt.li/
She announced the news matter-of-factly.
matter-of-factness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌmæt.ə.rəvˈfækt.nəs/us/ˌmæt̬.ɚ.əvˈfækt.nəs/