Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a mundane manner; with reference to worldly things.
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- adverb in a
mundane manner - adverb in a
worldly manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a mundane manner
- adverb in a worldly manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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So you can't just go in mundanely, like: Okay, this outlet's working; these windows are fine.
First Person Singular: Arthur Pavis, home inspector Post 2010
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In fact, its playability hinges squarely and mundanely on just how gamelike it is, how naked its design principles, and how ancient and obvious are the laws to which it adheres.
Flower's Lawful, Logical Wind SVGL 2009
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For my friends, that afternoon was mundanely normal.
First Person: Japan evokes recollections from Chernobyl 2011
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In the end, Berlusconi did not fall foul of a carefully-inserted stiletto-point emerging from behind a curtain of heavy damask, but more mundanely - merely one of a series of bail-out conditions laid down by a group of leaders of whom he considered himself a worthy part.
Frederic Whyte: The Long-Overdue Demise of Silvio Berlusconi Frederic Whyte 2011
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And, for all that, surprisingly charming, particularly in limning the Rolling Stones 'origins, which can be traced, mundanely enough, to a fateful encounter in a train station.
Keith Richards's 'Life': An unexpectedly clear look at years as a Rolling Stone Lou Bayard 2010
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In fact, its playability hinges squarely and mundanely on just how gamelike it is, how naked its design principles, and how ancient and obvious are the laws to which it adheres.
Archive 2009-02-01 SVGL 2009
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These guys are in the same group as the governors that want to sue to stop healthcare reform and the school boards that want religion in schools, then waste taxpayer money going to court when they know they can't win rather than using the money on mundanely educating the students.
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There are various reasons for a Google group (some of the mundanely technical).
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In fact the instrument panel was not stripped of plastic switches by fire; rather more mundanely it has been raided by souvenir-hunters among the decommissioning staff.
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And, for all that, surprisingly charming, particularly in limning the Rolling Stones 'origins, which can be traced, mundanely enough, to a fateful encounter in a train station.
Keith Richards's 'Life': An unexpectedly clear look at years as a Rolling Stone Lou Bayard 2010
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