(adj) not fanciful or imaginative, Syn. prosaic, Example:local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones; a prosaic and unimaginative essay
(adj) concerned with practical matters, Syn. pragmatic, pragmatical, Example:a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem; a matter-of-fact account of the trip
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