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Prosiness

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pros·y  (prz)
adj. pros·i·er, pros·i·est
1. Matter-of-fact and dry; prosaic.
2. Dull; commonplace.
[From prose.]
prosi·ly adv.
prosi·ness n.
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Noun1.prosiness - commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
prosaicness
commonplaceness, everydayness, commonness - ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace


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Wordsworth's obstinate adherence to his theory in its full extent, indeed, produced such trivial and absurd results as 'Goody Blake and Harry Gill,' 'The Idiot Boy,' and 'Peter Bell,' and great masses of hopeless prosiness in his long blank-verse narratives.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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