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prosaic

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pro·sa·ic  (pr-zk)
adj.
1.
a. Consisting or characteristic of prose.
b. Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
[Late Latin prsaicus, from Latin prsa, prose; see prose.]
pro·sai·cal·ly adv.
pro·saic·ness n.
prosaic [pro-zay-ik]
Adjective
1. lacking imagination; dull
2. having the characteristics of prose
prosaically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.prosaic - not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
matter-of-fact
unrhetorical - not rhetorical
2.prosaic - lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
pedestrian, prosy, earthbound
uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"
3.prosaicprosaic - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous, commonplace
unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
prosaic
adjective dull, ordinary, boring, routine, flat, dry, everyday, tame, pedestrian, commonplace, mundane, matter-of-fact, stale, banal, uninspiring, humdrum, trite, unimaginative, hackneyed, workaday, vapid << OPPOSITE exciting
Translations
prosaic [prəuˈzeɪɪk] adj → prosaico
prosaic [prəuˈzeɪɪk] adj → prosaïque
prosaic [prəuˈzeɪɪk] adj → prosaisch, nüchtern
prosaic [prəuˈzeɪɪk] adj → prosaico/a


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In speaking thus, Michel made his prosaic companions shrug their shoulders.
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Surely it will be allowed that none could be more proper than the present, where we are about to introduce a considerable character on the scene; no less, indeed, than the heroine of this heroic, historical, prosaic poem.
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Clare had studied the curves of those lips so many times that he could reproduce them mentally with ease: and now, as they again confronted him, clothed with colour and life, they sent an AURA over his flesh, a breeze through his nerves, which wellnigh produced a qualm; and actually produced, by some mysterious physiological process, a prosaic sneeze.
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