in point of fact

Definitions

In reality; actually.

Used to emphasize the truth of a statement or to introduce a correction.

Examples

In point of fact, the project was completed two weeks ahead of the original schedule.

He claimed to be an expert, but in point of fact, he had never studied the subject before.

Synonyms

in reality as a matter of fact actually in truth indeed strictly speaking to tell the truth

Antonyms

theoretically in theory supposedly allegedly ostensibly hypothetically in name only