boring
adjective
boringly
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a word derived from
boring.
Example Sentences
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Bryan’s character is a big part of the movie’s appeal; he’s a scruffy, discombobulated everyman who figures out solutions on the fly, not a boringly cool and composed slaying machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He’s described supporting the team as a deliberate decision not to back the boringly predictable usual winners.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
There's also something about the idea of eating less of something that feels intrinsically — and boringly — austere.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2024
But Franklin and Gosling's paper, boringly entitled “Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate,” lacked the impact of Watson and Crick's declaration that they had discovered DNA's structure.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2023
“They can’t keep that up!” she had said to herself; and in short she would stay, less boringly both for herself and for others, at home.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
