prosilyadv.
/ˈprəʊzᵻli/, U.S. /ˈproʊzəli/ In a prosy, dull, or commonplace manner; tediously; prosaically.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adverb] > dully
prosaically1765
prosingly1822
prosily1833
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
1833 Freeman’s Jrnl. (Dublin) 14 Aug. Some very just but rather prosily written observations on the alterations that have been recently introduced into the University.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 134 The Peacock presented attractions which enabled the two friends to resist, even the invitations of the talented, though prosily inclined, Mr. Pott.
1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xxiii This speech, delivered rather prosily and oracularly.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ii. 23 Oak knew her..as the heroine of the yellow waggon..: prosily, as the woman who owed him twopence.
1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xxxi. 353 I am speaking very prosily, out of sheer joy at having you come back.
1993 Chicago Sun-Times 21 Feb. (Travel section) 8/3 ‘Time's masterpiece’ the village likes to call itself, a bit prosily, but there is a timelessness about those cobbled streets..that seems to pass by the 20th century in favor of the 16th.
2011 A. Gopnik Winter ii. 52 He says to Frankenstein, his creator, rather prosily (that's the way Romantic monsters sounded): ‘My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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