Crossword-Solution: PROSY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Prosy | superl. | Of or pertaining to prose; like prose. |
| Prosy | superl. | Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PROSY | anagram | OPRYS, PYROS, SPYRO |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TRAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PROSY (5)
The minister gave out his text and droned along monotonously through an argument that was so prosy that many a head by and by began to nod—and yet it was an argument that dealt in limitless fire and brimstone and thinned the predestined elect down to a company so small as to be hardly worth the saving.
Luker was, in every respect, such an inferior creature to the Indian—he was so vulgar, so ugly, so cringing, and so prosy—that he is quite unworthy of being reported, at any length, in these pages.
She retained her personal freshness even now, in the prosy afternoon-time of her life; but what her features were primarily indicative of was a sound common sense behind them; as a whole, appearing to carry with them a sort of argumentative commentary on the world in general.
But Ben was gifted with a spirit of fun, sometimes running into mischief, which was constantly bursting out in new directions, in spite of his father's numerous and rather prosy lectures.
Heigh-ho! by day it's just prosy duty, Doing the same old song and dance; But oh! with the night--joy, glory, beauty: Over the parapet--Life, Romance! The Ballad of Soulful Sam You want me to tell you a story, a yarn of the firin' line, Of our thin red kharki 'eroes, out there where the bullets whine; Out there where the bombs are bustin', and the cannons like 'ell-doors slam-- Just order another drink, boys, and I'll tell you of Soulful Sam.
Quotes with PROSY (3)
I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep." I woke and chid my honest fingers, — The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
It has been a Prosy day for us, but for some people it has been a wonderful day. Someone was rapturously happy in it. Perhaps a great deed has been done somewhere today- a great poem written- or a great man born. And some heart has been broken, Phil.
I confess I found it somewhat insipid when I last went.... it was all so prosy - so bonnety - so whisty and teacuppy - you see, the adjectives for it do not even exist, and I must invent them.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 69 times in crossword archives (1952–2024).