1. A matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
   "It's a matter of fact that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level"
    
2. A disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide
   "Whether the defendant was present at the scene of the crime was a matter of fact for the jury to determine";
   - question of fact

1. Not fanciful or imaginative
   "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones";
   - prosaic
    
2. Concerned with practical matters
   "a matter-of-fact approach to the problem";
   - pragmatic, pragmatical

Derived forms: matters of fact

See also: practical, unrhetorical

Type of: fact, head, question