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formulaically
adverb
uk /ˌfɔː.mjəˈleɪ.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌfɔːr.mjəˈleɪ.ɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that contains or consists of words or ideas that are not original or new, or that follow a fixed or traditional pattern or style:
They seemed to get the wedding photos done as quickly and formulaically as possible.
It's hard to work out what attracted the director to this formulaically romantic tale.
This bright, formulaically arranged stage design matches the play's tidy structure.
The speech is similar to all those he has delivered before: formulaically aggressive.
Written early in his career, the film jumps formulaically from conflict to conflict.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plain and ordinary
as it comesidiom
austere
austerely
austerity
average Joe
homey
humble
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
mundane
sparely
spartan
stale
starkly
starkness
unostentatious
unostentatiously
unpainted
unremarkable
unremarkably
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