Prosy
['prəʊzɪ]
Definition
(superl.) Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
(superl.) Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Prosaic, unpoetical.[2]. Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious.
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Definition
See Prose.
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Examples
- But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Well, then, draw that little table into this window, and let me get out of hearing of those prosy politics. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is not my intention to dwell on Meyler's love or Meyler's raptures, since such subjects in prose are very prosy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I make no apologies for this extremely prosy paragraph. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Lengthy and prosy in the extreme. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Take the most matter-of-fact and prosy half hour of the day, that at the time of rising, and see what a faithful account of the average man’s everyday life would present. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You will be pleased with my mother--she is a little vain and prosy about me, but that you can forgive her--and she will be pleased with you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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