matter-of-factly
adverb/ˌmætər əv ˈfæktli/
/ˌmætər əv ˈfæktli/
- without showing any emotion, especially in a situation in which you would expect somebody to express their feelings synonym unemotionally
- She talked matter-of-factly about seeing her father gunned down.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMatter-of-factly is used with these verbs:- answer
- reply
- say
- …
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