matter-of-factish

English

Etymology

matter-of-fact + -ish

Adjective

matter-of-factish (comparative more matter-of-factish, superlative most matter-of-factish)

  1. Somewhat matter-of-fact.
    • 1965, Frank Heath Alfriend, George William Bagby, James Ewell Heath, Southern Literary Messenger; Devoted To Every Department of Literature and the Fine Arts, volume 30:
      If some matter-of-factish common-sensish Grimshaw could have witnessed the Christmas Eve scene in Dr. Murdrum's parlor, think you “Sweet Home” would have touched him also to the core?
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