Meanings
prepositional phrase
- alternativeAlternative form of upon the whole matter.
Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the matter, equal in foot.
1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater
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