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prosaic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | earthbound, pedestrian, prosy |
| Derivation | prosaicness, prose |
prosaic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous |
| Derivation | prosaicness, prose |
prosaic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | matter-of-fact |
| Derivation | prosaicness, prose |
a prosaic and unimaginative essay.
Examples of prosaic
prosaic
A paper in Physical Review Letters, however, reports a more prosaic application.
From the economist.com
This was a more prosaic Enlightenment, which was hostile to passionate politics.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The prosaic elements of the book make it clear that it wasn't written for poets.
From the washingtonpost.com
It is prosaic how nitpickers do treat fairly a straightforward motion like this.
From the iftomm2003.com
Right, and you can often count the number of prosaic sentences on a hand or two.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Until her son's arrest, Melissa Bell's life had been both prosaic and emblematic.
From the theatlantic.com
No such prosaic, earthly commentary for Bill Colby in the Kittredge side gallery.
From the thenewstribune.com
That's a very luscious option to acknowledge and That was a prosaic announcement.
From the iftomm2003.com
But there is a more prosaic reason for the close affinity of cities and rivers.
From the time.com
- Matter-of-fact: not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
- Pedestrian: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
- Commonplace: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
- (prosaically) in a matter-of-fact manner; "I applied my attention prosaically to my routine"
- (prosaicness) prosiness: commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose; Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry; Overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
- (prosaicness) The characteristic of being prosaic
- Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind; of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry. Syn. ordinary, everyday; vapid, humdrum, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting.
- (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace
