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factual
[ fak-choo-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to facts; concerning facts:
factual accuracy.
- based on or restricted to facts:
a factual report.
factual
/ ˈfæktʃʊəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characterized by facts
- of the nature of fact; real; actual
Derived Forms
- ˌfactualˈistic, adjective
- ˈfactualness, noun
- ˈfactualist, noun
- ˈfactualism, noun
- ˈfactually, adverb
Other Word Forms
- factu·al·ly adverb
- factu·ali·ty factu·al·ness noun
- non·factu·al adjective
- non·factu·al·ly adverb
- un·factu·al adjective
- un·factu·al·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"Our role was not to decide whether Nicola Packer's actions were right or wrong; but to make a factual judgement about whether she knew she was beyond the legal limit when she accessed abortion medication."
Trump doesn’t believe in an empirical reality based on facts and science, but only on what he proclaims to be factual and true.
For the series' lead writer Jonathan Lee, creating a factual drama 37 years later was also a way of exploring the human stories behind the horror.
But the appeals court disagreed four months later, saying that Lee’s claims should be understood as subjective viewpoints, rather than factual statements.
But China's Commerce Ministry rebuffed this as "groundless with no factual basis".
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