prosaic

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pro‧sa‧ic/prəʊˈzeɪ-ɪk, prə- $ proʊ-, prə-/ adjective
[date : 1500-1600; Language : Late Latin; Origin : prosaicus, from Latin prosa; ⇨ prose]
boring or ordinary:
　 ▪ a prosaic writing style
　 ▪ The reality, however, is probably more prosaic.

—prosaically /-kli/ adverb

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
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▪ Bloomwater's present owner was a more prosaic figure, Sir Lionel Newman, the paper magnate.
▪ The present-day ambience was slightly more prosaic.
▪ My interest in the Valle/1e de Mai was somewhat more prosaic.
▪ The truth was a little more prosaic.
▪ The reality has turned out to be somewhat more prosaic.
▪ The reality, however, is probably more prosaic.
▪ The truth itself was only slightly more prosaic.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The furniture is prosaic and modern.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both Barham and Summers lifted their performances, and thenceforward what had been prosaic developed a much higher voltage.
▪ Even something as prosaic as a roast chicken Jasper could transform into something nearly lyrical.
▪ He is so absurd that he adds a note of humor to an otherwise dry, tedious, prosaic play.
▪ My diary entries are filled with prosaic happenings.
▪ Real danger is prosaic in comparison.
▪ Reports are commonly prosaic, dull, pompous and patronising and written with selfish disregard for the reader.
▪ Why in the world would anyone commemorate such prosaic scenes?

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous, pedestrian, prosy, earthbound, matter-of-fact