In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Very thing and in fact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very thing" instead an adverb phrase "In fact".
Very thing
In fact and very thing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In fact" instead an adverb phrase "Very thing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and in fact
- just and very thing
- precisely and in fact
- precisely and very thing
- really and in fact
- really and very thing
- actually and in fact
- actually and very thing
- truly and in fact
- truly and very thing
- absolutely and in fact
- absolutely and very thing
- positively and in fact
- positively and very thing
Both terms in one sentence
- Renouncing his entitlement to the throne like Lelouch did in the beginning is, in fact, the very thing every rebel prince wishes he would do.
Source: Rebel Prince - In fact the dead miners, the arsonist's insanity, and the secret that Betty Brown Kermode is willing to kill for all stem from the very thing that makes hatters mad: Mercury.
Source: Literature / White Fire - Though he occasionally has to Shoot the Dog to keep the blood off Adama's hands (see the entire New Caprica arc and the S3 episode "Hero"), one shudders to think how far a Saul Tigh who's realized he is, in fact, the very thing he's been fighting for so long will go in the service of Bill Adama.
Source: Poisonous Friend
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