pro·sa·ic (pr -z   k)
adj.
1.
a. Consisting or characteristic of prose.
b. Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
[Late Latin pr
saicus, from Latin prsa, prose; see prose.]
pro·sa
i·cal·ly adv.
pro·sa
ic·ness n. |
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Auntie Mary and Dad love the person who can take the prosaic and make it poetic: perhaps we all do.
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