Both Uses of

prosaic
in
Of Human Bondage

It reminded you not of Watteau, whose landscapes are so idyllic that they recall only the woodland glens seen in dreams, but of the more prosaic Jean-Baptiste Pater.†
Chpt 63-64 *

prosaic = lacking anything unusual, interesting, or challenging

And, an admirable contrast, the article ended with a description of the middle-class, ordinary, prosaic funeral of him who should have been buried like a prince or like a pauper.†
Chpt 85-86