arkipäiväinen — meaning in English

English meaning

• prosaic adj Plain, ordinary, or dull, lacking imagination or excitement.
• quotidian adj Happening or done every single day.

Senses

arkipäiväinen is used for these senses in English:

• prosaic (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
• prosaic (main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
• quotidian Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly. [from 15th c.]

quotidian — full definition

1. adj Happening or done every single day.
2. adj Typical of things you see or experience very often, almost every day.
3. adj (of symptoms or an illness) Coming back every twenty-four hours, or generally every day.
4. adj Ordinary and rather boring.

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