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What is the adjective for prose?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs prose and prosify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

prosaic
  1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
  2. (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
  3. (figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring; humdrum; dull; unimaginative.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. dull, commonplace, boring, ordinary, pedestrian, humdrum, common, stale, routine, tedious, banal, monotonous, flat, unremarkable, mundane, dreary, uninspired, everyday, average, trite, normal, unexceptional, unimaginative, bland, dry, hackneyed, usual, drab, workaday, colourless, vapid, uninspiring, colorless, insipid, standard, lacklustre, vanilla, conventional, characterless, lackluster, tame, lifeless, plain, jejune, undistinguished, heavy, uneventful, spiritless, platitudinous, simple … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “It was hard to believe that amongst so prosaic surroundings of neglect and dust and decay, there was any ground for such fear as already we knew.”
      “The dialogue between the characters, while littered with profanities and raw language, is verbose and prosaic.”
      “I find I prefer the dub to the subtitles for this series, as the subtitles are a bit dry and prosaic.”
prosy
  1. Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
  2. Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dull, boring, monotonous, tedious, pedestrian, flat, prosaic, stale, uninteresting, tiresome, humdrum, commonplace, unimaginative, long, overlong, long-drawn-out, long-winded, colourless, colorless, dreary, drab, dry, lifeless, insipid, heavy, uninspiring, uninspired, wearisome, unexciting, bland, banal, lacklustre, lackluster, jejune, tame, stodgy, ho-hum, characterless, common, slow, ponderous, tiring, leaden, wearying, spiritless, uneventful, unvaried, numbing, blah, stuffy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “With publication, anecdotes became more polished, the characters less distinctive and stereotypical, the prevailing tone patronising and prosy.”
      “Fancy prosy being in love with anybody, or anybody being in love with prosy!”
      “Sally was reserved about details, but clear about the outcome of her expedition with prosy.”
prosing
  1. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
prosal
  1. Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Simoncini made the motion to withdraw the prosal, and board member Peter Munro seconded it.”
prosimetrical
  1. Consisting both of prose and verse.
prosimetric
  1. In the form of a prosimetrum.
prosaical
  1. Alternative form of prosaic
prosaick
  1. Archaic form of prosaic.
proselike
  1. Resembling prose.
prosier
  1. comparative form of prosy: more prosy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. duller, boringer, flatter, staler, longer, more monotonous, more tedious, more pedestrian, more prosaic, more uninteresting, more tiresome, more humdrum, more commonplace, more unimaginative, more long-drawn-out, more long-winded, more colourless, more colorless, drearier, drabber, drier, more lifeless, more insipid, heavier, more uninspiring, more uninspired, more wearisome, more unexciting, blander, more banal, more lacklustre, more lackluster, tamer, stodgier, more ho-hum, more characterless, commoner, slower, more ponderous, more tiring, more leaden, more spiritless, more uneventful, more unvaried, stuffier, more blah, older, arider, wearier, dustier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “These poems are some of the most cadenced, constructed psalm variations in recent memory, and reveal limitations in prosier, less song-like examples.”
prosiest
  1. superlative form of prosy: most prosy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dullest, boringest, flattest, stalest, longest, most monotonous, most tedious, most pedestrian, most prosaic, most uninteresting, most tiresome, most humdrum, most commonplace, most unimaginative, most long-drawn-out, most long-winded, most colourless, most colorless, dreariest, drabbest, driest, most lifeless, most insipid, heaviest, most uninspiring, most uninspired, most wearisome, most unexciting, blandest, most banal, most lacklustre, most lackluster, tamest, stodgiest, most ho-hum, most characterless, commonest, slowest, most ponderous, most tiring, most leaden, most spiritless, most uneventful, most unvaried, stuffiest, most blah, oldest, aridest, weariest, dustiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Poor besonged, besonneted moon! whom the prosiest pen cannot scribble of without trying to invent a bit of original flattery for!”
      “For then, an inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers with good intentions, whom nobody older would endure.”
prosed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prose
prosified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prosify
prosifying
  1. present participle of prosify
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