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- adverb In a
banal ,trite orboring manner.
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Examples
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When all analysis evaporated, the majority of his political opponents were simply and banally labelled Marxists.
Eirik Bergesen: Norway is Passing the Test of Terror Eirik Bergesen 2011
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When all analysis evaporated, the majority of his political opponents were simply and banally labelled Marxists.
Eirik Bergesen: Norway is Passing the Test of Terror Eirik Bergesen 2011
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But, then – and at risk of sounding unbearably, banally romantic – there is this:
10 Things I Hate About Motherhood (And One That I Love) - Her Bad Mother 2010
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I could suspend my dissatisfaction over the fact that the Borg suddenly became banally hierarchical for the duration of one movie, but it really lay the groundwork for declawing the Borg.
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The pilot was waddling the plane down to the runway, chatting banally about the DC heat and how lovely Rome was this time of year.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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When all analysis evaporated, the majority of his political opponents were simply and banally labelled Marxists.
Eirik Bergesen: Norway is Passing the Test of Terror Eirik Bergesen 2011
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The pilot was waddling the plane down to the runway, chatting banally about the DC heat and how lovely Rome was this time of year.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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The Chinese are not going to be impressed with a blue-ribbon panel that banally offers platitudes concerning the scope of our financial problems.
Eric C. Anderson: Beijing Quietly Signaling Intent To Flee U.S. Debt 2009
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In my town of Vipperow the project started rather banally.
Printing: FROM PRAYER TO DEMONSTRATION: The Neglected History of East German Churches in the 1980s 2009
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Having thought about this for many years, I've concluded, perhaps banally, that what I feel is "just" the existential dilemma we all have: knowledge that we are mortal, and knowledge that making one choice limits others.
Psychology/Psychotherapy Maxine 2007
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