prosaically.

In a plain, ordinary or unpoetic manner rather than an imaginative or elevated one.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• prosaically describe
• prosaically practical

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The narrator prosaically described the repair after the earlier passage had made the house seem enchanted.

The solution was prosaically practical: replace the damaged hinge rather than invent a new mechanism.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, narrative analysis, characterization, contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.