Definition of "prosy" [pros•y]

• Matter-of-fact and dry; prosaic. (adjective)
• Dull; commonplace. (adjective)

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• "He is the man who does the heavy business, such as prosy fathers, virtuous servants, curates, landlords, and so forth."
• ""Do you expect me to say that I found you 'prosy'?""
• "Increasingly, winning manuscripts are coordinated in the form of prosy verse novels--with the same arcs of storytelling familiar from workshop instruction in fiction writing."