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61matter-of-fact — adjective a) of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic b) lacking emotion or colour …
62matter-of-fact — Synonyms and related words: boring, colorless, direct, dry, dull, factual, featureless, flat, forthright, lifeless, mundane, prosaic, sober, straightforward, tiresome, unadorned, unartistic, unembellished, unimaginative, unpoetic, unvarnished …
63matter-of-fact — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prosaic, unimaginative, formal. See simpleness, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. objective, prosaic, feasible; see practical . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unemotional, prosaic, dry,… …
64matter-of-fact — adj 1. factual, strict, literal, word for word, line for line, verbatim, exact, precise, close; faithful, accurate, true, honest, straight, unexagger ated, unvarnished, undistorted, unadulterated, unwarped; prosaic, prosy, unpoetic, plain,… …
65matter-of-fact — adjective Syn: unemotional, practical, down to earth, sensible, realistic, unsentimental, pragmatic, businesslike, commonsensical, level headed, hard headed, no nonsense, straightforward …
66matter-of-fact — Ka mea oia i o …
67fact — W1S1 [fækt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(true information)¦ 2 the fact (that) 3 in (actual) fact 4 the fact (of the matter) is 5 the fact remains 6¦(real events/not a story)¦ 7 facts and figures 8 the facts speak for themselves 9 after the fact ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …
68Matter — • Taking the term in its widest sense, matter signifies that out of which anything is made or composed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Matter Matter …
69matter — mat·ter n 1: a subject of consideration, disagreement, or litigation: as a: a legal case, dispute, or issue a matter within the court s jurisdiction often used in titles of legal proceedings matter of Doe see also in re b …
70Matter — Mat ter, n. [OE. matere, F. mati[ e]re, fr. L. materia; perh. akin to L. mater mother. Cf. {Mother}, {Madeira}, {Material}.] 1. That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the …
