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mundane

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400SATGRE
DEFINITION

found in the ordinary course of events

WEBSTER'S 1913

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'mundus' meaning clean or world

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

The starlit black ridges about him and the dragon's mouth yawing underneath were an opposition of spiritual and mundane; innocent, noxious; exciting to the youthful philosopher.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
✨ WORD STORY

Cormac, a space explorer from Karachi, sighed as his spaceship landed on yet another mundane planet. Grass, trees, and a blue sky greeted him. "Not another Earth clone," he muttered, yearning for the thrill of discovering something truly bizarre.

📖 TALE

Iris sat in the Parque Tres de Febrero, her eyes gliding over the same page of a book about distant galaxies. A pigeon strutted by, indifferent to the vast cosmos she pondered, embodying the mundane routine of their shared city.

IN USE

Some of the worlds they visit are mundane, some are very odd, and others follow science fiction or fantasy conventions.

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