matter-of-factly en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English matter-of-fact Middle English -ly English -ly English matter-of-factly From matter-of-fact + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) As though stating a fact.
"I took the liberty of inviting somebody else to have dinner with us," Stallman said, matter-of-factly, giving me the same cat-like smile he gave me back in that Palo Alto restaurant.
2002, Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom, Epilogue:
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(not-comparable) As though the situation is normal and not unusual; not dramatically or fancifully.
He was not of the East; and he came of a breed who fought devils and wizards as promptly and matter-of-factly as they battled human foes.
1934, Robert E. Howard, The People of the Black Circle:
Relateds
matter-of-fact · fact of the matter · as a matter of factly
Synonyms
dispassionately (as though the situation is normal) · clinically (as though the situation is normal)
Translations (7)
pl praktycznie (as though stating a fact) · fi asiallisesti (as though the situation is normal) · fi toteavasti (as though stating a fact) · pl rzeczowo (as though stating a fact) · fi asiallisesti (as though stating a fact) · pl sucho (as though the situation is normal) · pl prozaicznie (as though stating a fact)