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mundane

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mun·dane  (mn-dn, mndn)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.
2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.

[Middle English mondeine, from Old French mondain, from Latin mundnus, from mundus, world.]

mun·danely adv.
mun·daneness, mun·dani·ty (-dn-t) n.

mundane
Adjective
1. everyday, ordinary, and therefore not very interesting
2. relating to the world or worldly matters [Latin mundus world]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mundanemundane - found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant
ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
2.mundane - concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
3.mundane - belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"
earthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"

mundane
Translations
Spanish mundane [mʌnˈdeɪn] adjmundano
French mundane [mʌnˈdeɪn] adjbanal(e)terre à terre inv
German mundane [mʌnˈdeɪn] adj (life) → banal;
(task) → stumpfsinnig

Italian mundane [mʌnˈdeɪn] adjterra a terra inv

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Even in the upper and damp region I procured very few, excepting some minute Diptera and Hymenoptera, mostly of common mundane forms.
That it denoted jealousy I could not say, and yet, judging all things by mundane standards as I still did, I felt it safer to affect indifference in the matter until I learned more surely Sola's attitude toward the object of my solicitude.
To have been Belshazzar, King of Babylon; and to have been Belshazzar, not haughtily but courteously, therein certainly must have been some touch of mundane grandeur.
 
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