matter-of-fact
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Any conversation she does have about her work are matter-of-fact and brief, she said.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
The tone was matter-of-fact, direct, resolute, but moments of fear crept in.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
She was so matter-of-fact about it that she turned a conversation that once brought me such humiliation into something pleasant, with me thanking her profusely.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
“I’m an old man and it’s taken me too long to connect the dots,” he says with a matter-of-fact sorrow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Thomas said it in a matter-of-fact tone, as a resigned repeat of what Minho had said a moment earlier.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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