matter-of-factness
Unadorned blunt candor
Matter-of-factness is a quality of being straightforward and unemotional, treating things as plain facts without drama or elaboration.
Someone with matter-of-factness states what is so without embellishment: She described the accident with surprising matter-of-factness.
The tone suggests practicality over sentiment, sometimes to the point of seeming cold or detached.
Accepting things as they are
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- sensiblenessPractical good judgment
- no-nonsenseSerious and efficient
- down-to-earthPractical and without pretension
objectivity · rationality · levelheadedness · soberness · hardheadedness · commonsense · reasonableness · clear-headedness
Frank, unvarnished manner
- franknessDirect, unguarded honesty
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- plainspokennessUnadorned directness in speech
straightforwardness · outspokenness · brusqueness · curtness · terseness · abruptness · unvarnished · unembellished
Lack of complexity
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
austere · starkness · minimalism · bare · functional · no-frills · unfussy · unembellished
Clearness of mind
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- perspicuityPlainness of expression
exactness · conciseness · intelligibility · articulateness · definiteness · crispness · incisiveness · succinctness
realism
Accepting things as they are
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- sensiblenessPractical good judgment
- no-nonsenseSerious and efficient
down-to-earth · objectivity · rationality · levelheadedness · soberness · hardheadedness · commonsense · reasonableness · clear-headedness · prosaic
bluntness
Frank, unvarnished manner
- franknessDirect, unguarded honesty
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
plainspokenness · straightforwardness · outspokenness · brusqueness · curtness · terseness · abruptness · unvarnished · unembellished · baldness
simplicity
Lack of complexity
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
spartan · austere · starkness · minimalism · bare · functional · no-frills · unfussy · unembellished · unornamented
lucidity
Clearness of mind
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
perspicuity · exactness · conciseness · intelligibility · articulateness · definiteness · crispness · incisiveness · succinctness · pellucidity
matter-of-factnessemotionality
Capacity for strong feelings
melodrama · sentimentality · histrionics · effusiveness · fervor
matter-of-factnessfancifulness
Imaginative, unrealistic quality
whimsy · romanticism · imaginativeness · fabulism · poetic license
matter-of-factnesstheatricality
Exaggerated, showy manner
dramatic flair · grandiloquence · flamboyance · bombast · pomposity
factual, matter-of-fact, nonfactual, factualness, matter-of-factly, matter of fact