Matter-of-fact

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Matter-of-fact \Mat"ter-of-fact"\, a.
     Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities;
     not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  matter-of-fact
       adj 1: not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the
              history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a
              prosaic and unimaginative essay" [syn: {prosaic}]
       2: concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or
          pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact
          account of the trip" [syn: {pragmatic}, {pragmatical}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "matter-of-fact":
     boring, colorless, direct, dry, dull, factual, featureless, flat,
     forthright, lifeless, mundane, prosaic, sober, straightforward,
     tiresome, unadorned, unartistic, unembellished, unimaginative,
     unpoetic, unvarnished