in fact

Speech parts

1. in fact - Adverb

2. in fact - Phrase

Meaning

in reality or actuality

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

as a matter of fact in point of fact verily actually almost really clearly indeed certainly truly de facto definitely surely assuredly undoubtedly

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Antonyms

ideally vaguely abstractly ambiguously obscurely dubiously

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Examples

Pride is utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness. John Climacus

Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff. Stephen Harper

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living. Terry Pratchett

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. Denis Diderot

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. it looks terrible but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people--not by one of two new types of weapon. Mao Zedong

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. Václav Havel

Words in the phrase

in fact

Close letter words and terms

in face of in face value in facsimile in fact in many cases in fact it can be said in fact let it be