matter-of-factness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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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