Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prosaically"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius,
from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa["i]que. See {Prose}.]
1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form
of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a
prosaic composition. --Cudworth.
2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly},
adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prosaically
adv : in a matter-of-fact manner; "I applied my attention
prosaically to my routine" [syn: {unimaginatively}]
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