in fact

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in (point of) fact

actually. Steve decided not to come with us, and in fact he has already left for New York. In fact, we visited the school last week.

Related vocabulary: in truth, in reality

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Why, then, you are not to see anywhere, what you don't see in fact; you are not to have anywhere, what you don't have in fact. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context That in fact was his occupation, and for the next five minutes he kept thus winding the cord, flinging the top to the ground, and intently bending down to catch it on his hand, none of the others, not even the children, taking the slightest notice of him,--he entirely alone there with his poor little pleasure. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context In fact, I have made all my arrangements for comfort's sake alone; so do not for a moment imagine that I had any other end in view. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context More results

References in classic literature

Why, then, you are not to see anywhere, what you don't see in fact; you are not to have anywhere, what you don't have in fact.

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

That in fact was his occupation, and for the next five minutes he kept thus winding the cord, flinging the top to the ground, and intently bending down to catch it on his hand, none of the others, not even the children, taking the slightest notice of him,--he entirely alone there with his poor little pleasure.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

In fact, I have made all my arrangements for comfort's sake alone; so do not for a moment imagine that I had any other end in view.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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in fact
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