English-Finnish translations for prosaic

• proosallinen
  Yksi aika proosallinen esimerkki on wc-paperirullan hylsy. One fairly prosaic example is the toilet paper tube.
• arkipäiväinen
• ikävä
  Tapahtuma oli ikävä
  Se oli ikävä tapaus
  Sain ikävän tehtävän
• proosa
• proosa-
• tylsä

Definition of prosaic

• Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring

Examples

• The tenor of Eliots prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry
• I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late
• His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it
• She lived a prosaic life

Related words

• prosaist
• prosaically
• prosaicness