In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and in fact
- precisely and patently
- absolutely and in fact
- absolutely and patently
- positively and in fact
- positively and patently
- definitely and in fact
- definitely and patently
- indeed and in fact
- indeed and patently
- purely and in fact
- purely and patently
- of course and in fact
- of course and patently
Both terms in one sentence
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Aluminum Christmas Trees: An element that strikes viewers as patently fictional when it is, in fact, real.
Source: Reality Is Unrealistic - As it turns out, Ruby is in fact, patently evil, and is manipulating Sam into freeing Lucifer.
Source: Forbidden Friendship - In fact, the vast majority of "accepted knowledge" about the Medieval period has turned out to be patently untrue, as it was heavily based on the accounts of Protestant and Enlightenment writers, who would fabricate information and present hearsay as fact to advance their point of view.
Source: Dated History
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