prosaic

pro·sa·ic (pr

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adj.

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 [prəʊˈzeɪɪk]

adj

1. lacking imagination

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) having the characteristics of prose

[from Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa prose]

prosaically adv

prosaicness n

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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.	prosaic - 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 the aimless monotony of our prosaic everyday life
interesting, exciting, unusual, extraordinary, fascinating, entertaining, imaginative, poetical

Translations

prosaic [prəʊˈzeɪɪk] ADJ (= dull) → prosaico

prosaic [prəʊˈzeɪɪk] adj → prosaïque

prosaic

adj task, explanation, job, name → prosaisch; approach, message → nüchtern; life, joke → alltäglich

prosaic [prəʊˈzeɪɪk] adj (dull) → prosaico/a, banale

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In speaking thus, Michel made his prosaic companions shrug their shoulders.

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

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.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

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.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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