prosey

comparative prosier · superlative prosiest

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of prosy.

   Lord Dunorven was on the floor, talking a long, prosey speech, in which neither himself nor any one else seemed to be in the least interested.

   1881 October 7, J. O. A. C., “Our London Letter. The Discussion over the Irish Land Bill. […]”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume XIV, Atlanta, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 3

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   Beginning writers tend to follow this pattern, putting the main clause first just as they would in speech. Often, putting it last can make for more suspense and so help give life to what would otherwise be dull and prosey.

   1971, Laurence Barrett, “Writing Without Feedback”, in Dimension Two: The Written Language, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 40

   From among other possible thin-layered objects, the newspaper is chosen as a hyperbole of prosey writing, and slate is prose compared to marble.

   1978, Michael Riffaterre, “Textual Semiotics”, in Semiotics of Poetry (Advances in Semiotics), Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, pages 122–123