as a matter of fact
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (modal) Actually, in fact.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth; a pocket-edition of the larger mansions of their friends, but with less excuse for the overelaboration since the dimensions were only twenty by a hundred. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space the eyes might rest on […]."
- 1992 May 3, "Comrade Bingo" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:
- R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it?
B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do.
R. Jeeves: Very good, sir.
- R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it?
- in reality, really, truthfully, truth to tell; see also Thesaurus:actually
- French: en fait, à vrai dire
- German: tatsächlich, in Wirklichkeit, eigentlich
- Italian: difatti, in realtà
- Portuguese: na verdade, na realidade
- Russian: вообще́-то
- Spanish: por cierto, sin ir más lejos, de hecho
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