English

Adjective

facty

1. (dated, informal) Consisting principally of facts
   • 1883 November 2, Pall Mall Gazette, page 5 i, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1st edition, volume 4, published 1901, page 15:

     A 'facty' article on 'The Political Condition of Spain'.

   • 1931, C.S. Lewis, The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, volume 2, page 9:

     The attribution is probably wrong, said Thomas, but the tradition of his being a painter was interesting if we considered the specially artistic character of the 3rd gospel, as against the purely facty nature of the other two synoptics, or the mystical nature of the 4th.

Synonyms

• factful

Derived terms

• factiness

Related terms

• factual
• factitious
• factic

See also

• truthy

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.