matter-of-factness

matter-of-fact | American Dictionary

matter-of-fact
adjective
us/ˈmæt̬·ər·əvˈfækt/
not showing feelings or emotion, esp. in a situation when emotion would be expected:
He spoke in a very matter-of-fact way about the accident.

matter-of-factly

adverbus/ˈmæt̬·ər·əvˈfækt·li/
She announced the news matter-of-factly.

Examples of matter-of-fact

matter-of-fact
The opening chapters are particularly noteworthy for their direct and matter-of-fact treatment of digital and audio principles.
It is written in a plain, matter-of-fact style and is interlaced with much humour and good-natured comment.
The narrative techniques, then, recover the unacceptable horror while commenting on the matter-of-fact way in which these events happen - and are passed by.
Behind that apparently matter-of-fact phrasing lies a traumatic personal history.
While this may appear interesting, a second look at the broader picture reveals a disappointingly matter-of-fact explanation.
This matter-of-fact volume is packed with information about all sorts of materials that prehistoric people have used to make things.
There is an emotional narrative here, despite the otherwise formal and matter-of-fact business of a university committee meeting.
This cold, matter-of-fact cohesion gives his tale an impenetrable sheen; surely it was this tone, successfully sustained, that made even the author's 'hair stand on end'.
Strauss 2004, for instance, invites us to consider "cultural standing" - group-relative norms that classify knowledge into local-cultural categories such as "controversial" or "matter-of-fact," categories that in turn mediate epistemic stance-taking.
Whatever expression we use, and whether our chosen expression is pejorative or merely matter-of-fact, we are talking about between £250 million and £400 million.
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