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Alt. of Prosaical

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  1. a. Alt. of Prosaical
  2. adj. not fanciful or imaginative
  3. adj. lacking wit or imagination
  4. adj. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
  5. 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. Cudworth. 2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. Ed. Rev. -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
  6. j:100 s not fanciful or imaginative s lacking wit or imagination s not challenging; dull and lacking excitement