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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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Pretty in an unintimidating way, with wide-set eyes, an upturned nose and a broad smile that made her instantly recognizable her entire life, Lockhart, who died Thursday at 100, played strong women with a sunny matter-of-factness, sometimes restricted by the prejudices of the time — which is to say, by what writers felt a woman on television could be shown to do — but always able to do what needed to be done.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he applies a bracing matter-of-factness to their skewed reality.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

“If they want us to put it in, it has to be put in,” he said with a rancho libertarian tone, mixing resignation and matter-of-factness.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s a matter-of-factness to his storytelling that brings a humanity to the hood,” Barris says.

From Los Angeles Times