matter-of-factness

But their matter-of-factness made all the difference.

In the Valley of the Shadow

There was no challenge, just matter-of-factness in his eyes.

I.O.U.

“I shall miss Hilda,” he said with the brisk matter-of-factness of the materialist, “but I have promised her that I shall go on writing.”

The Captive Mind

There was no challenge, just matter-of-factness in his eyes.

I.O.U.

She broke barriers with a matter-of-factness, modesty, and grace that made her achievements all the more important and becoming.

Reaction to death of Geraldine Ferraro

My friend said the most stunning apart about it was the matter-of-factness and lack of anger or peevishness in the man†™ s voice.

Dealing With The Tardiness Of Others | Lifehacker Australia

Most readers will chuckle at the matter-of-factness in Scieszka's description; an astute reader might also notice the fact that the mother prefers "passing gas" to, say, "flatulence."

Sammy Perlmutter: Jon Scieszka At The Brooklyn Book Festival: How Valuable Is 'Funny' For Kids?

The awakening of this homosexuality is contemplated with a restraint, maturity and matter-of-factness that seems absent from the media and the public sphere, where the military can't easily shake Victorian protocol, where the states form a patchwork quilt of conflicting same-sex marriage laws, where gay teens make headlines when they're beaten or suicidal.

Michael Cunningham and a new generation of writers transcend 'gay literature'

How the writer, in particular, creates the narrative, finds the words, creates the mood to capture the reality of that moment with a clarity almost beyond real … anchored in the everydayness of the act, the matter-of-factness of thought and thoughtlessness.

tim o’brien | in the lake of the woods « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

In contrast, the liberal as well as the radical propagandist has developed a tendency to avoid any reference to his private existence for the sake of “objective” interests to which he appeals: the former in order to show his matter-of-factness and competence, the latter because his collectivistic attitude would be jeopardized if he should play up his own personality.

Early Monday « Gerry Canavan