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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not fanciful or imaginative;
- Example: "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"
- Example: "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
[syn: matter-of-fact, prosaic]

2. concerned with practical matters;
- Example: "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"
- Example: "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"
[syn: matter-of-fact, pragmatic, pragmatical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: matter-of-fact,
           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: matter-of-fact, pragmatic,
       pragmatical]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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