Definition of "prosaic" []

• Consisting or characteristic of prose. (adjective)
• Matter-of-fact; straightforward. (adjective)
• Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "My most cordial thanks therefore for the gift which you call prosaic, and my best regards to your husband."
• "The prosaic is an affair of description and narration, of details accumulated and relations elaborated, It spreads as it goes like a legal document or catalogue."
• "Still other manufacturers wrap their cars in prosaic disguises in an attempt to travel on public streets without tipping off the paparazzi."