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prosaical

prosaical is the alternative form of prosaic.

Meaning of prosaic

Adjective

prosaic (comparative more prosaic, superlative most prosaic)

  1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
    • The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
    Antonyms:
    poetic
  2. Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
    • I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.
  3. (usually, main usage) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
    • His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.

Forms of prosaical

comparativemore prosaical
superlativemost prosaical

Words formed from prosaical

Questions about prosaical

What is prosaical the alternative form of?
Prosaical is the alternative form of prosaic.

Words near prosaical in the dictionary

  1. pros-
  2. prosaccade
  3. prosaccades
  4. prosaccadic
  5. prosaic
  6. prosaical
  7. prosaicality
  8. prosaically
  9. prosaicalness
  10. prosaicism
  11. prosaicisms

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