FACTUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factual mean? 

• FACTUAL (adjective)
  The adjective FACTUAL has 2 senses:

1. existing in act or fact

2. of or relating to or characterized by facts

  Familiarity information: FACTUAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Existing in act or fact

Synonyms:

actual; factual

Context example:

the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced

Similar:

existent; real (being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory)

Derivation:

factuality; factualness (the quality of being actual or based on fact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characterized by facts

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

factual considerations

Pertainym:

fact (a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred)

Derivation:

factuality; factualness (the quality of being actual or based on fact)

 Context examples 

A single item of factual information derived from measurement or research.

(Datum, NCI Thesaurus)

A collection or single item of factual information, derived from measurement or research, from which conclusions may be drawn.

(Data, NCI Thesaurus)

The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)