as in prosaic
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of prosy
By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.
—
Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosy
Adjective
-
The somewhat prosaic, light tone of most letters is partially motivated by the need to circumvent censorship.—
Francesca Mastruzzo (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
14 Jan. 2024
-
Conrad’s prosaic stories about striving to make it in the magazine industry paled in comparison to the loopy invented dramas of her two frenemies.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Much of our modern architecture is monotonous, repetitive and without character.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
-
What seemed like innovative movement mechanics in 3D is stifled by repetitive, confusing level design with its monotonous mazes.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Health systems in the U.S. are struggling to contend with burnout, staffing shortages and razor thin margins, so companies are racing to develop AI tools that can streamline some of the industry’s more tedious administrative tasks.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2025
-
Not on the practice field, but in the training room, going about the small tedious tasks of rehabbing a knee injury.—
Adam Grosbard,
Orange County Register,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Manager Gareth Southgate has been under pressure for the English being defensive and mostly uninteresting to watch, but the results have been good enough.—
Dan Santaromita,
The Athletic,
10 July 2024
-
The path that was designed for her was uninteresting to her.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
-
Dance sections lacked charm; lyric passages were spiritless; the klezmer episodes in the third movement were strictly goyish.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
-
Yet the club dropped the contest in spiritless fashion, 6-2.—
Julian McWilliams,
BostonGlobe.com,
12 Aug. 2023
Adjective
-
His side’s domination of territory and possession, against vastly inferior opponents, has been branded boring by some supporters.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
-
Writing fiction no longer merely strikes him as boring.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
Plus, a tiny bathroom with a lukewarm shower and scratchy towels can make even the best hotels feel wearisome rather than wonderful.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2025
-
The hybrid experience has grown wearisome since the binge-Zoom years of the pandemic.—
Steve Tengler,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
-
Loud, tiresome and half-baked, the off-kilter hilarity and attempts at sentimentality aren’t given much clearance to land, causing the emotional overtones to feel unearned.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
-
Even after the online arguments about Beyoncé’s influences and ideology became tiresome, Cowboy Carter’s music remained grander and weirder than discourse could capture.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near prosy
Cite this Entry
“Prosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosy. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share