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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matter-of-factly
Adverb
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When Draper closed the game out with an ace, Court 1 frankly erupted in polite conversation.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025 -
These brief Charley moments are frankly much more dynamic than any repetitive scene of Dexter lurking around his son.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Adverb
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Perched nonchalantly on a nearby roof, Terry seems to relish every moment of the tense encounter, staring right back without flinching.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Captured in the early morning, the video shows the woman entering her kitchen to find her partner staring at a grey cat, which is nonchalantly eating from a bowl on the floor.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Matter-of-factly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matter-of-factly. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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