Usually means: Unembellished, straightforward presentation of facts.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word matter-of-fact:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. matter-of-fact: Merriam-Webster
  2. matter-of-fact: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. matter-of-fact, matter-of-fact: Collins English Dictionary
  4. matter-of-fact: Vocabulary.com
  5. matter-of-fact: Wordnik
  6. matter-of-fact: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. matter-of-fact: Wiktionary
  8. matter-of-fact: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Matter-of-fact, matter-of-fact: Dictionary.com
  10. matter-of-fact: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Matter-of-fact: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. matter-of-fact: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. matter-of-fact: Rhymezone
  14. matter-of-fact: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. Matter-of-fact: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. matter-of-fact: FreeDictionary.org
  17. matter-of-fact: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. matter-of-fact: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. matter-of-fact: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See matter-of-factly as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic.
adjective:  Lacking emotion or color.
adjective:  Straightforward, blunt, frank; treating the situation as normal; not embarrassed, coy, or dramatic.

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