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Meanings of very prosaic in English

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Usage of very prosaic in English
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These went about making us comfortable in a very prosaic, practical way.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 / Devoted t...
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This modern treading of the wine-press is a very prosaic affair.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
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I fear our plain dinner will be a very prosaic interruption; but--he began.
A Face Illumined
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You see, I am a very prosaic person, after all.
The Prince of Graustark
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Much as he admired fine writing, Simon had a very prosaic view of his craft.
The Guardian
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The domestic drama apparently had a very prosaic ending.
Without a Home
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The word carries magnificent poetic associations, but, alas, it is a very prosaic affair nowadays!
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Ou...
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They were not a fairy gift; they became mine by the very prosaic transaction of purchase.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
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The second occasion was very prosaic and shockingly incongruous with the super-mundane colouring of these days.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
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My father is right; he is very prosaic.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
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He was very prosaic, very clear both in voice and language, very harsh, and very unscrupulous.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
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Our diaries are very prosaic, very dull indeed.
Not that it Matters
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It is very prosaic of me, perhaps, but do you know that I am nearly starved?
The Rome Express
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The romance seemed to vanish when the matter was submitted to him in this very prosaic manner.
An Eye for an Eye
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Astronomy is really a very prosaic science.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
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Presently, however, her shrewd, though very prosaic, commonsense suggested a simple explanation of the girl's extraordinary distress.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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