prosaic

• "The trivial, prosaic, and libertine taste of the Macedonian princes of Egypt and Syria at last reigned alone in enslaved Greece." —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
• It sometimes seems unbearably prosaic, and then it is a relief to lose oneself in fiction. —  About Peggy Saville
• When I am again in my Andalusia, I count it the gloriousest hour of my life that I see your sweet country and the beautifullest of his ladies How far either Don Juan or Blanche might ultimately have gone in making themselves ridiculous cannot be stated, because at this moment Margaret--prosaic, literal Margaret--appeared on the terrace Blanche! —  Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
• In all these the main body of the edifice remained as bare, prosaic, and undecorated as were the preceding churches, while all the ambition of both builders and congregation spent itself in the steeple. —  Home Life in Colonial Days
• But in the Girl's character there was an element too prosaic, and too practical, to permit her thoughts to dwell long in a region lifted far above the earth. —  The Girl of the Golden West

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