(obsolete) Somewhat; slightly; a little.

Alternative form of front matter

Alternative form of back matter

Within a book, the main portion of text, excluding the front matter and back matter.

The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the back matter.

plural of subject matter

Somewhat matter-of-fact.

Synonym of mince words

(law) A matter involving a judicial inquiry into the applicable law.

A serious situation that cannot be dealt with by making jokes about it.