adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
matter-of-fact
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adj
Meaning 2
Lacking emotion or color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Straightforward, blunt, frank; treating the situation as normal; not embarrassed, coy, or dramatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The students appreciated the health teacher for her matter-of-fact way of talking about sex.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
concerned with practical matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem
- a matter-of-fact account of the trip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pragmatic, pragmatical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not fanciful or imaginative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones
- a prosaic and unimaginative essay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prosaic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From matter of fact.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: фактически (faktičeski) — of, or relating to facts only
- Finnish: asiapohjainen — of, or relating to facts only
- Finnish: realistinen — of, or relating to facts only
- Finnish: asiallinen — of, or relating to facts only
- Finnish: tosiasioihin perustuva — of, or relating to facts only
- Finnish: todellisuudentajuinen — of, or relating to facts only
- Polish: rzeczowy — of, or relating to facts only
- Polish: prozaiczny — of, or relating to facts only
- Polish: praktyczny — of, or relating to facts only
- Spanish: fáctico — of, or relating to facts only
- Spanish: factual — of, or relating to facts only
- Bulgarian: прозаичен (prozaičen) — lacking emotion
- Finnish: asiallinen — lacking emotion
- Finnish: realistinen — lacking emotion
- Finnish: viileä — lacking emotion
- German: nüchtern — lacking emotion
- Polish: suchy — lacking emotion
- Russian: сухо́й (suxój) — lacking emotion
- Russian: холо́дный (xolódnyj) — lacking emotion
- Russian: равноду́шный (ravnodúšnyj) — lacking emotion