1. not fanciful or imaginative - local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones - a prosaic and unimaginative essay • Syn: prosaic • Similar to: unrhetorical • Derivationally related forms: prose (for: prosaic), prosaicness (for: prosaic) 2. concerned with practical matters - a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem - a matter-of-fact account of the trip • Syn: pragmatic, pragmatical • Similar to: practical • Derivationally related forms: pragmatism (for: pragmatical), pragmatism (for: pragmatic)
