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Definition of In point of fact
1. Adverb. In reality or actuality. "As a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father"
Definition of In point of fact
1. Adverb. (context: modal) Actually. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Point Of Fact
Literary usage of In point of fact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... or casual observer, standing on the deck of a descending vessel, as being near
the western shore, when in point of fact she was at mid- channel. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"conditions attending the experiments were, in point of fact, similar to those
surrounding the original occurrence, the evidence should be allowed to go to ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"... He necessarily confirmed the traditional view of His day concerning authorship;
in point of fact, many scholars wh<w belief in Christ's truthfulness and ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... over any great distance consecutively, and in point of fact there are few,
beyond the embankment tine from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge, ..."
5. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries by Adolf von Harnack (1908)
"... Cappadocian theology, which proved of the utmost significance for the church
at large, and in point of fact became an orthodox theology itself. ..."
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