| So this limpid, adorable film is also a tough, matter-of-fact portrait of the everyday, not a sentimental, redemptive whitewash. |
| Jefferson was quite prepared, in a matter-of-fact way, to equate the terms Federalist, aristocrat, monocrat, and Tory. |
| She said it flatly, a matter-of-fact statement, completely without emotion. |
| Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance. |
| He was a bit crude and matter-of-fact in his dialogue, though he did promise me a box of Belgian chocolates. |
| He sounded matter-of-fact when he told us good news and somehow sounded very convincing when he came out with the not so good news as well. |
