prosaic
adjective
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative.
prosaical
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a variation of
prosaic.
Example Sentences
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In short, the views and demands with which poets are often oppressed by a prosaical public are very cleverly and amusingly personified in these caricatures of spectators.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by John Black
Ned Vickery sang with the most exquisite smoothness, but stumbled a little in prosaical conversation.
From Cape Cod Folks by Sarah P. McLean Greene
The uncertainty in which I yet stand whether I can come or no damps my spirits, reduces me a degree below prosaical, and keeps me in a suspense that fluctuates between hope and fear.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
The defective imitation here of Shakspeare is not to be mistaken: Francis Moor is a prosaical Richard III., ennobled by none of the properties which in the latter mingle admiration with aversion.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by John Black
Lucid, but ambiguous; pathetic, but amusing; poetical, but comprehensive; prosaical, but full of emphasis.
From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
