All formulaic synonyms
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F f adj formulaic
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- average — An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.
- common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- imitative — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
- mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- routine — subroutine
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- undistinguished — having no distinguishing marks or features.
- unexceptional — not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary.
- unoriginal — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- unremarkable — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- usual — habitual or customary: her usual skill.
adjective formulaic
- prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- fixed — fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- systematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- everyday — Happening or used every day; daily.
- overused — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.