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matter-of-factness

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noun

  1. the quality of being matter-of-fact; a straightforward or undramatic quality, as of a person's speech, writing, or demeanor.


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There is a matter-of-factness to the way the 33-year-old speaks about the events of 2020.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

With a book by Jessie Nelson adapted from Adrienne Shelly‘s film script, “Waitress” has a humanizing matter-of-factness about tropes that other theatrical stories about women often idealize.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Their matter-of-factness and taciturnity were traits he tried to emulate.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

He and his peers sling around expensive watches with impersonal matter-of-factness; these are assets to sell, a job to do, not a source of identity.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

He said it with such matter-of-factness that Anya snorted out a laugh.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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