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- pronunciation:
- faek
chu
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to fact.
- antonyms:
- fictitious
- similar words:
- actual, faithful, literal, objective, real, tangible, true, truthful
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| definition 2: |
containing or based upon facts.
The story seemed unbelievable to us, but it was indeed factual.It turned out that the article was not factual.- synonyms:
- true, veracious
- antonyms:
- fictitious, illusory
- similar words:
- accurate, actual, concrete, faithful, literal, real, veritable
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| related words: |
certain, concrete, explicit, just, phenomenal, valid |
adverb + (adj.)factual
both, forth, historically, merely, ostensibly, outwardly, purely, strictly, supposedly
(adj.)factual
+ adverb
regardless
(adj.)factual
+ noun
account,
accuracy,
allegation,
article,
assertion,
authenticity,
background,
basis,
circumstance,
claim,
comment,
conclusion,
consideration,
content,
correction,
data,
description,
detail,
determination,
discourse,
dispute,
error,
event,
evidence,
existence,
explanation,
fiction,
finding,
foundation,
inaccuracy,
information,
inquiry,
interpretation,
interruption,
knowledge,
learning,
manner,
material,
matter,
misrepresentation,
mistake,
narrative,
nature,
observation,
plaintiff,
predicate,
premise,
presentation,
proceeding,
proof,
question,
reality,
recall,
recitation,
record,
remark,
reporting,
representation,
restriction,
scenario,
separation,
showing,
statement,
supplement,
thinking,
truth,
understanding
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| derivations: |
factually (adv.), factuality (n.), factualness (n.) |
The word factual
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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