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prosaic Definition

pro·saic (prō zāik)

adjective

  1. of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
  2. commonplace, dull and ordinary prosaic details of everyday life

Etymology: LL prosaicus < L prosa, prose

prosaic Related Forms
pro·sai·cally adverb pro·sa·ic·ness noun
prosaic Synonyms

prosaic

modif.

prosaic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • explanation: Instead, the evidence is beginning to point to a less prosaic possible explanation.
  • reality: In its place was the prosaic reality of civil war between capital and labor.
  • truth: But the prosaic truth is that public service reform is rarely all good or all bad.
  • title: The mixed side had taken on the rather prosaic title of " Wakefield Morris Dancers " and this is the name that has stayed.
  • reason: Others had migrated due to more prosaic reasons connected with faculty re-organisation.
  • level: On a more prosaic level, what about the work we do every day in our schools?

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: Most students would find all of this rather prosaic not to say archaic.
  • too: And then I bump back into reality, knowing I would always be too prosaic, and just say a car.
  • very: There are those who have a more " mystical " bent, there are those who are very prosaic.
  • somewhat: Our son-in-law has never attended a poetry do before and he is a somewhat prosaic lawyer with a passion for football.
  • seemingly: Could such a mixed bag of papers have been created by the seemingly prosaic measure of counting online hits?
  • fairly: Landeck is a fairly prosaic place: Imst, another Small Historic Town, is the classier option a dozen kilometers further on.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: I've always loved the sight of windfarms, yet to be honest being up this close it seems more prosaic.
  • sound: But underneath, a dense maze of melodic and gestural underpinnings paddle furiously to prevent the material from sounding prosaic.
  • become: A theology that detaches itself from contemplation and praise does indeed become merely prosaic.