Concerned with practical matters.
Not fanciful or imaginative.
1 To be or not to be; that is the actual matter - of - fact question.
2 So the young Earl was able to say this in matter - of - fact tones.
3 In the pulpit he drives forward in the same earnest, matter - of - fact style.
4 Such was the matter - of - fact manner in which the portentous news was announced.
5 Yet he replied in a perfectly matter - of - fact tone, without the slightest hesitation.
6 Jyn noticed he was sweating despite the cold; despite his matter - of - fact tone.
7 I remember that very well, Breivik said in an unemotional, matter - of - fact tone.
8 To-day is matter - of - fact in dress and design; mediaevalism was fanciful, picturesque, romantic.
9 The words were calm, matter - of - fact , but they sent a chill through Judd.
10 It seems a fair rendering of the matter - of - fact logic of the analysis.
11 Asked about that electrifying moment, Craig was both enigmatic and pleasingly matter - of - fact .
12 Nevertheless there was something disagreeable in the matter - of - fact gravity of his jest.
13 This astonishing offer was made in a matter - of - fact tone, significant in itself.
14 Women are so desperately matter - of - fact ; it comes out even in their love-talk.'
15 She is a musical conversationalist, whose matter - of - fact delivery is her great allure.
16 She announced her errand at once in a straightforward and matter - of - fact manner.
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