mundanely
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6.6
- adverb
- /mʌnˈdeɪnli/
:
mundanamente
- Although hyperinflation may appear to a noneconomist historian as a bolt from the blue, the underlying effects of hyperinflation begin mundanely.
- more mundanely
Examples
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This is my own view of what others mundanely label as his flip-flops.
Blog text (32) -
Magic isn't easy in the first place; it takes more energy to do something magically than it does to just do it, always assuming you can do it mundanely.
Fiction book (1990) -
All people possess agency, although it may be frail, especially among those with little power; but it happens daily and mundanely, and deserves our attention (p. 5).
Academic text (2015) -
This disposition and rapidly developed competence for narration serve us well in what various scholars have argued is the central goal of human experience: the construction of meaning, or, put more mundanely, the process of making sense of our daily lives.
Academic text (1993) -
From the perspective of active citizenship, these kinds of mundanely politicized matters may act as interfaces between public administration and young people, providing grounds for continuing or establishing issue-based active citizenship.
Academic text (2018) -
The main character mundanely walked to work, not expecting anything exciting to happen.
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She mundanely organized her closet, sorting clothes into neat categories.
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During the meeting, he mundanely discussed last quarter's sales figures without any enthusiasm.
Synonyms
4
5.2
In a calm way that shows no strong feeling or interest
3
4.4
In a boring way that shows little interest or energy
3
2.7
In a way that makes people lose interest
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1.8
In a simple way without decoration
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6.2
In a dull way without new ideas
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6.2
In a dull, repeated way that is not interesting
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5.1
In a weak, ordinary way that does not impress people
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7.9
In a plain, ordinary way without imagination
In a way that does not stay in your mind
In a boring way that does not keep people's attention
In a dull way that does not interest people
In a dull, boring way that makes people lose interest
In a dull, boring way with little interest
In a dull way without life or interest
In a simple way without extra decoration
Antonyms
How Ordinary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mundanely comes from the Latin word mundus, which means 'world', and you can see the same root in Spanish mundo. So mundanely at first meant 'of the world' rather than spiritual things, and today it means in an ordinary, everyday, or dull way.