Usually means: Stating something plainly and objectively.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word matter of factly:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. matter-of-factly: Merriam-Webster
  2. matter-of-factly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. matter-of-factly, matter-of-factly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. matter-of-factly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. matter-of-factly: Wiktionary
  6. matter-of-factly: Dictionary.com
  7. matter-of-factly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. matter-of-factly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. matter-of-factly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. matter-of-factly: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. matter-of-factly: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Matter of factly)

▸ adverb:  Alternative form of matter-of-factly [As though stating a fact.]

Similar:
factually, truthfully, outrightly, frankly, forthrightly, candidly, objectively, the matter, legitimately, humourously, more...

Opposite:
speculatively, hypothetically, theoretically, imaginatively

Phrases:
state matter of factly, to say matter of factly, more...

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Similar:
factually, truthfully, outrightly, frankly, forthrightly, candidly, objectively, the matter, legitimately, humourously, more...

Opposite:
speculatively, hypothetically, theoretically, imaginatively

Phrases:
state matter of factly, to say matter of factly, more...



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