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MATTER-OF-FACT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concerned with practical matters
Example:
a matter-of-fact account of the trip
Synonyms:
matter-of-fact; pragmatic; pragmatical
Classified under:
Similar:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
a prosaic and unimaginative essay
Synonyms:
matter-of-fact; prosaic
Classified under:
Similar:
unrhetorical (not rhetorical)