trite
He couldn't have started his speech more tritely.
Karen said tritely, “Where have all the years gone?”
I must run the risk of sounding tritely predictable.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Plain and ordinary
as it comesidiom
austere
austerely
austerity
average Joe
homespun
homey
humble
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
sparely
spartan
stale
starkly
unostentatious
unostentatiously
unpainted
unremarkable
unremarkably
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