in fact

prep_phrase

Etymology: From fact (“deed, action”) (now obsolete, except in law). Perhaps ultimately a calque of French en fait.

1. Resulting from the actions of parties.
2. Actually; in truth; de facto.

   “People think he's rich, but in fact he's nearly penniless.”

   “Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.”

3. Moreover.

   “I don't have the time or patience to deal with him. In fact, I barely even have time for being here at all.”