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Definition of Banally
1. banal [adv] - See also: banal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banally
Literary usage of Banally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1913)
"... Khoor- banally Cawn without molestation. These circumstances are known to
Colonel Reade.125 I ..."
2. The Bookman (1911)
"... uncompleted trilogy, psychological to a degree, with the Christmas tree and
the mistletoe standing for any and everything but what they banally signify. ..."
3. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1911)
"... banal clasp segment lone. truncate; terminal clasp segment short, swollen
banally; dorsal plate deeply and triangularly incisi-li, ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1904)
"But the picturesqueness," I ventured banally. "Ah, yes." He sighed doubtfully.
We strolled into the great cathedral, but its barbaric, compelling beauty ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... where strata have been so folded by trial disturbance that the younger are
made to I older. But this inversion can banally be made from other evidence. ..."
6. The inheritors: an extravagant story by Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford (1901)
""To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet " I
quoted banally. "That's it," she said, with a tender smile. ..."
7. Symphonies by George Egerton (1897)
"He raised his hat and said, as he felt, banally enough: — " Good day, strange
maid from the sea! " " Good day, strange young man! ..."
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