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prosaicpro‧sa‧ic /prəʊˈzeɪ-ɪk, prə- $ proʊ-, prə-/ adjective   prosaicOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa; ➔ PROSE - The furniture is prosaic and modern.
- 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?
ADVERB► more· 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. boring or ordinary:  a prosaic writing style The reality, however, is probably more prosaic.—prosaically /-kli/ adverb |