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matter-of-fact

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mat·ter-of-fact (mtr-v-fkt)
adj.
1. Relating or adhering to facts; literal.
2. Straightforward or unemotional: "the matter-of-fact tones in which the local guides describe the history of the various places" New York Times.

matter-of-factly adv.
matter-of-factness n.
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Adj.1.matter-of-fact - not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
unrhetorical - not rhetorical
2.matter-of-fact - concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"
practical - concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"

matter-of-fact
adjective unsentimental, flat, dry, plain, dull, sober, down-to-earth, mundane, lifeless, prosaic, deadpan, unimaginative, unvarnished, emotionless, unembellished
Translations

matter-of-fact [ˈmætərəvˈfækt] adj [style] → prosaico; [person] → práctico; [voice] → neutro
matter-of-fact [ˈmætərəvˈfækt] adjterre à terre, neutre
matter-of-fact [ˈmætərəvˈfækt] matter adjsachlich
matter-of-fact [mætərəvˈfækt] adjprosaico/a

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In continental Greece (1), on the other hand, but especially in Boeotia, a new form of epic sprang up, which for the romance and PATHOS of the Ionian School substituted the practical and matter-of-fact.
Struck by this plain matter-of-fact question, I answered, saying, yes, I thought I did see four or five men; but it was too dim to be sure.
"But, Grandfather," interposed Charley, who was a matter-of-fact little person, "what reason have you, to imagine so?
 
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