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prosaic
/pɹoʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
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What does prosaic mean?
adjective
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
- Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹoʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
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And have you the heart to apply the prosaic rules of evidence to a case which bubbles over with poetical emotion?
He had lived on the rural skirt of Hampstead in a handsome house, high but not broad, a modern and prosaic tower.
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These might be ranked with the "Sentimental Journeys" that have sometimes been the fashion--that was truly of a prosaic and risky order.
In the preceding pages I have tried to take from our practical and often laborious calling its dull, commonplace, and prosaic aspects.
And under cover of this pun, the amiable clergyman retired, unconscious, I presume, of his prosaic effect upon the atmosphere of the region.