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factual

[ fak-choo-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to facts; concerning facts:

    factual accuracy.

  2. based on or restricted to facts:

    a factual report.



factual

/ ˈfæktʃʊəl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by facts
  2. of the nature of fact; real; actual


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Derived Forms

  • ˌfactualˈistic, adjective
  • ˈfactualness, noun
  • ˈfactualist, noun
  • ˈfactualism, noun
  • ˈfactually, adverb

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Other Words From

  • factu·al·ly adverb
  • factu·ali·ty factu·al·ness noun
  • non·factu·al adjective
  • non·factu·al·ly adverb
  • un·factu·al adjective
  • un·factu·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of factual1

First recorded in 1825–35; fact + -ual, after actual or effectual

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Example Sentences

To make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.

Highly educated people will disagree, and no amount of factual information will necessarily decide the issue.

I wonder who is putting up the ads and how factual they are?

We live in the world of Zero Dark Thirty; factual accuracy has supplanted fantasy technology.

But both of these statements are factual, and Republicans will spin them hard today and tomorrow.

I only wish to avoid vulgar exaggeration, to keep within the bounds of the factual.

Factual material, however disguised, often shines through its fictional background.

The last of the internal senses is that of factual memory, the power which retains the judgments made by the faculty preceding.

Logically, any factual proposition is a hypothetical proposition when it is made the basis of any inference.

The better element meets the better element, and he makes factual, intelligent reports.

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