tritely
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈtraɪt.li/us/ˈtraɪt.li/in a way that has been said orexpressedtoo often to beinteresting:
Theplayis tritely written andpredictable.
Itsoldover 90,000copies, but was, infact, tritelysentimental.
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trite
- He couldn't havestartedhisspeechmore tritely.
- Karen said tritely, “Where have all theyearsgone?”
- I mustruntheriskofsoundingtritelypredictable.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- rife
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday
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Tedious and uninspiring