in fact adv 1: in reality or actuality; "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" [syn: {in fact}, {in point of fact}, {as a matter of fact}]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "in fact": absolutely, actually, certainly, de facto, factually, forsooth, genuinely, historically, in actuality, in effect, in reality, in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, manifestly, nothing else but, obviously, of a truth, positively, really, really-truly, truly, undoubtedly, verily, veritably, with truth