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Definition of As a matter of fact
1. Adverb. In reality or actuality. "As a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father"
Definition of As a matter of fact
1. Adverb. (context: modal) actually, in fact ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of As A Matter Of Fact
Literary usage of As a matter of fact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"Gough points out that Camden writing in England could not use the same freedom
as De Thou writing abroad. But, as a matter of fact, there is really no ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"as a matter of fact, in the great majority (about five sixths) of cases of fusion
the spots are well joined. In the following tabulation of condition of the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In Christ's work of redemption merit and satisfaction materially coincide almost
to their full ex tent, since as a matter of fact the merits of Christ are ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... in independent or direct value-judgments, some of his critics accused him of
constructing a quasi-Feuer- bachian theology. as a matter of fact, however. ..."
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