matter-of-fact

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

matter-of-fact
    adj 1: not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the
           history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a
           prosaic and unimaginative essay" [syn: {matter-of-fact},
           {prosaic}]
    2: concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or
       pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact
       account of the trip" [syn: {matter-of-fact}, {pragmatic},
       {pragmatical}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Matter-of-fact \Mat"ter-of-fact"\, a.
   Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities;
   not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "matter-of-fact":
      boring, colorless, direct, dry, dull, factual, featureless, flat,
      forthright, lifeless, mundane, prosaic, sober, straightforward,
      tiresome, unadorned, unartistic, unembellished, unimaginative,
      unpoetic, unvarnished

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