adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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Bloomwater's present owner was a more prosaic figure, Sir Lionel Newman, the paper magnate.
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The present-day ambience was slightly more prosaic .
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My interest in the Valle/1e de Mai was somewhat more prosaic .
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The truth was a little more prosaic .
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The reality has turned out to be somewhat more prosaic .
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The reality, however, is probably more prosaic .
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The truth itself was only slightly more prosaic .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The furniture is prosaic and modern.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both Barham and Summers lifted their performances, and thenceforward what had been prosaic developed a much higher voltage.
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Even something as prosaic as a roast chicken Jasper could transform into something nearly lyrical.
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He is so absurd that he adds a note of humor to an otherwise dry, tedious, prosaic play.
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My diary entries are filled with prosaic happenings.
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Real danger is prosaic in comparison.
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Reports are commonly prosaic , dull, pompous and patronising and written with selfish disregard for the reader.
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Why in the world would anyone commemorate such prosaic scenes?