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   mat·ter of fact

   /ˈmadərə(v)ˌfakt/

   noun

   • 1. something that belongs to the sphere of fact as distinct from opinion or conjecture: "it's a matter of fact that they had a relationship"
   • ▪ the part of a judicial inquiry concerned with the truth of alleged facts.

   adjective

   • 1. unemotional and practical: "he was characteristically calm and matter-of-fact"
   • ▪ concerned only with factual content rather than style or expression: "the text is written in a breezy matter-of-fact manner"

   Derivatives

   • 1. matter-of-factness noun

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