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arkipäiväinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

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 every day; daily.
  2. adj Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.
  3. adj Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
  4. adj Something which is considered humdrum or dull.

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