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Adjective matter-of-fact has 2 senses

matter-of-fact, prosaic - not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
Antonym: rhetorical (indirect, via unrhetorical)
matter-of-fact, pragmatic, pragmatical - concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"
Antonym: impractical (indirect, via practical)

Noun matter-of-fact has 2 senses

question of fact, matter of fact - a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide
--₁ is a kind of question, head
matter of fact - a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
--₂ is a kind of fact