as a matter of fact

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Actually, in fact.

Usage notes

 * As a matter of fact is often used to preface a statement that expands on the speaker's immediately previous claim, or exceeds it in its boldness.
 * Gnomes are no larger than the children of our race. As a matter of fact, they're smaller.
 * It's safe to say Mr. Chambers didn't benefit from the sale of his patents. As a matter of fact, he didn't see a single cent of the profits.

Synonyms

 * ,, , ; see also Thesaurus:actually

Translations

 * Arabic: فِي الْحَقِيقَة
 * Bashkir: ысынлап та
 * Catalan: de fet, en realitat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: faktisk
 * Dutch:, in werkelijkheid
 * Esperanto: fakte
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Georgian: სიმანდვილეში, ფაქტობრივად
 * German:, in Wirklichkeit, , genauer gesagt, , in Wahrheit
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: reyndar, frómt frá sagt, í raun og veru
 * Irish: déanta na fírinne
 * Italian:, in realtà
 * Japanese:, 実際には
 * Korean: 사실은,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: na verdade, na realidade
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: pravdupovediac, vlastne
 * Spanish:, sin ir más lejos, de hecho, a decir verdad, en verdad
 * Swedish: faktum är att
 * Yiddish: אייגנטלעך