in point of fact

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in point of fact

just to point out a fact; in fact. In point of fact, I am not late. You are simply way too early.

See also: fact, point

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He was bigger than I expected: I do not know why I had imagined him slender and of insignificant appearance; in point of fact he was broad and heavy, with large hands and feet, and he wore his evening clothes clumsily. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context But in point of fact, these are not liquid spaces, but plains, the nature of which the travelers hoped soon to determine. Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context Now, however preposterous it may at first seem to talk of any creature's skin as being of that sort of consistence and thickness, yet in point of fact these are no arguments against such a presumption; because you cannot raise any other dense enveloping layer from the whale's body but that same blubber; and the outermost enveloping layer of any animal, if reasonably dense, what can that be but the skin? Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context			in one ear and out the other in one fell swoop in one piece in one stroke in opinion in opposition in orbit in order in order to do in other words in over head in own right in own way in park in part in passing in pencil in perpetuity in person in perspective in place in place of in plain language in play in pocket in point of fact in possession in power in practice in prayers in press in prime in principle in print in private in progress in proportion in public in pursuit of in quest of in question in rags in rare form in reality in receipt of in recent memory in reduced circumstances in reference to in rehearsal in relation to in remission			in place of a parent In Place Select in plain English in plain language in plain sight in plain view In Plane Switching In Plant Testing In Plant Vacation in play in play in play in play in play in play in pocket in pocket in pocket in pocket in pocket in point in point in point in point in point in point of in point of in point of in point of in point of in point of fact in poor taste In Por Ylem In Position In Position In Position EP in posse in posse in possession in potestate parentis in power in practice in practice in practice In Practice Systems Ltd. In praesenti In Praesentia Dominorum In praesentia majoris potestatis in prayers In present in press in press in press in press in prime In principio in principle in principle in principle in principle in principle

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