commonplacelyadv.
/ˈkɒmənpleɪsli/, U.S. /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪsli/ In a commonplace manner; commonly, ordinarily.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > in a commonplace manner
stalely1609
trivially1625
tritely1691
tritically1762
prosaically1765
commonplacely1854
prosily1874
banally1934
stereotypically1950
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in trite or banal manner
stalely1609
trivially1625
tritely1691
tritically1762
prosaically1765
prosingly1822
commonplacely1854
prosily1874
banally1934
pedestrianly1988
1854 Ladies' Compan. Feb. 82/1 As for the two elder girls, Amy and Julia, nothing more can be said of them than that they were commonplacely proper.
1920 Notre Dame Scholastic 30 Oct. 86/2 ‘How's business coming along, old boy? Still with the furniture company?’ Chatting thus commonplacely, the three ascended to the ballroom.
2000 S. Budick Western Theory of Trad. vii. 122 His Instruction, or Torah, is commonplacely said to have existed from eternity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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