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单词 prosaically
释义 proˈsaically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a prosaic manner.
a1834Coleridge Let. to Pickering (Kerslake's Catal. June 1879), Sir Walter Scott, tho' a poet,..manages these matters somewhat more prosaically—i.e. with more sense and discretion.1839Hallam Hist. Lit. II. v. §6. 255 La Balia [of Tansillo]..contains good advice to mothers..very prosaically delivered.1885Bookseller 5 Mar. 241/2 The violin..may be prosaically described as ‘a hollow box 13 inches long by 8½ wide, and weighing about 8½ ounces’.
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