as a matter of fact

Speech parts

1. as a matter of fact - Adverb

2. as a matter of fact - Phrase

Meaning

in reality or actuality

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Synonyms

really in fact in reality in point of fact verily incidentally actually indeed truly de facto honestly frankly authentically essentially genuinely
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Antonyms

ostensibly ideally abstractly conditionally conjecturally presumptively
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Examples

in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived Source: Internet

painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated Source: Internet

as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father Source: Internet

His ability to play off against his own image as the strong and handsome romantic hero-figure is, as a matter of fact, probably unique among superstars. Source: Internet

But as a matter of fact, in an admittedly twisted way, it's the parents who have been living with the allergies all this time that are the lucky ones. Source: Internet

And consistently since then, I have been in politics, as a matter of fact, because I have consistently been in politics since then, it even affected my legal practice, because I considered politics as a noblest profession that anybody can engage in. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

as a matter of fact

Close letter words and terms

as a material witness as a matter of choice as a matter of course as a matter of factly as a matter of form as a matter of general principle