— banality /beuh nal"i tee, bay-/ , n. — banally , adv.
/beuh nal", -nahl", bayn"l/ , adj.
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
[ 1745-55; 2 , -AL 1 ) ]
Syn . See commonplace .