US /ˈproʊzi/ UK /ˈprəʊzi/
adj Freq #472920

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    dull, tedious, or lacking imagination, especially in speech or writing

    The prosy speaker filled the evening with long stories about trivial matters.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · dull, tedious, or lacking... prosaictediousdull
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms prosilyprosiness
Related forms proseprosaic

Etymology

From prose + -y. The adjective extends the contrast between ordinary prose and poetry into a judgment that something is dull or unimaginative.

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