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mundane [ˈmʌndeɪn mʌnˈdeɪn] adj
1. everyday, ordinary, or banal 2. relating to the world or worldly matters [from French mondain, via Late Latin, from Latin mundus world] mundanely adv mundanity , mundaneness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
mundane adjective 1. ordinary, routine, commonplace, banal, everyday, day-to-day, vanilla (slang), prosaic, humdrum, workaday Be willing to do mundane tasks with good grace. ordinary interesting, original, novel, exciting, dramatic, unusual, extraordinary, uncommon, ground-breaking, left-field (informal) Translations mundane [ˈmʌnˈdeɪn] ADJ (= humdrum) [task] → rutinario; [matter, problem] → trivial; [existence] → prosaico on a more mundane level → a modo de trivialidad mundane adj (= worldly) → weltlich, profan; (fig: = everyday) → alltäglich; (pej) (= humdrum) → banal; (= boring) → langweilig n the mundane → das Alltägliche mundane [ˌmʌnˈdeɪn] adj (worldly) → di questo mondo (pej) (humdrum) → banale, terra terra inv mundane [ˌmʌnˈdeɪn] adj (worldly) → di questo mondo (pej) (humdrum) → banale, terra terra inv How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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