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banally

  • a word derived from banal.

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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

It illustrates two truths at the same time: law enforcement fails victims routinely, banally, devastatingly; there are also good actors who do the work.

From The Guardian Sep. 17, 2019

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

Deliberately, almost banally had I not realized his purpose, he changed the subject.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham