Synonyms

in_fact in_point_of_fact

Examples

"in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived" "painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated" "as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father"

Used in print

As_a_matter_of_fact , this latter approach has already been tried , and with pleasing results .

However , readers who accept Freud 's findings and believe that he has solved completely the mystery of dreams , should ponder over the following words in his Interpretation_Of_Dreams , Chapter 1 , : `` as_a_matter_of_fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in_any_case , and what_is_more , every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain , nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams '' .

As_a_matter_of_fact , the incorrect classification , the result of many weeks of labor by Dr._Hilprecht , was about to be published by him the following day .

As_a_matter_of_fact , this happened every four or five months .