In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Both terms in one sentence
- In fact, Dortmunder gets worried when things go smoothly and seems relieved when something does go wrong.
Source: Literature / Dortmunder -
He's probably the same man who fails to execute Mary, Queen of Scots smoothly; in fact, he did better justice to the highwayman's mother than Elizabeth the 1st's cousin The Viking Giant Gilling.
Source: Audio Play / Horrible Histories - Its plan works so smoothly, in fact, that even after waking up, you have no means of escape until T3-M4 intervenes.
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