banal
adjective
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite.
banally
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a word derived from
banal.
Example Sentences
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However, these are the banally normal problems of a normal presidency.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
But as is often the case in Tarr’s cinema, although the character’s motives may be specific, his condition is curiously, even banally universal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
The studio has become a genre unto itself, one that banally flattens whatever other modes are absorbed into its spectacle.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015
It can approach us banally, without our acknowledgement or notice.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2013
"But you loved me once," I said banally.
From 54-40 or Fight by Emerson Hough
