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[ adjective ] dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
Synonyms Examples "bromidic sermons" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The first sentence , with its platitudinous irony , announces an emblematic intent : `` The way to the churchyard ran_along beside the highroad , ran beside it all_the_way to the end ; that_is_to_say , to the churchyard '' . Related terms |
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