commonplaceness
- a word derived from commonplace.
Example Sentences
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My enchanted garden had vanished, the spiked wall rose over my head, and before me, as I turned homeward, spread all the familiar commonplaceness of Church Hill.
From The Romance of a Plain Man by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
Wholesome Ella Jasper met the caller at the door with an inward cordiality entirely out of proportion to even a close friend of the family, but her greeting was commonplaceness itself.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
Let not the commonplaceness of the words rob us of their meaning.
From Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) by King, Henry Churchill
The Paston Letters are simply genuine family correspondence—of a genuineness all the more certain because of their commonplaceness.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George
The commonplaceness of this composition is curiously connected with the languor of thought and touch throughout the work.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John
