prosy
adjective
of the nature of or resembling prose.
prosiness
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a word derived from
prosy.
Example Sentences
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His creased face, with its oddly forced smile, cannot displace the memory of Kennedy's youthful radiance, and his unctuous prosiness cannot match Kennedy's eloquence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes this casual prosiness is unintentionally comic, as when he makes a minor character think of Karen as The loveliest biological achievement That his prehensile eyes had yet approved.
From Time Magazine Archive
They abominate the starched prosiness of the northern Haskell clan into which Sara marries, but they are game.
From Time Magazine Archive
Too prosy for some tastes, he insists that poems must incorporate the prosiness of life; poetry must be as important as prose.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he has not the wit of Sydney Smith, nor the brilliance of Macaulay, he has not the prosiness of Alison, nor the bitterness of Gifford.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
