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Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.

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  1. n. Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
  2. n. a trite or obvious remark
  3. Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech. The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities of discourse. J. Morley.
  4. Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace,in speech.The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities ofdiscourse. J. Morley.
  5. n:100 n a trite or obvious remark