All 3 Uses of
banal
in
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- she had failed to understand his apprehensive attempts to save their love from banality
Chpt 3 *banality = being uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
- She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women, Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, your slave, be strong!†
Chpt 3
- In the light of the incredible, the soul for the first time saw the body as something other than banal; for the first time it looked on the body with fascination: all the body's matchless, inimitable, unique qualities had suddenly come to the fore.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(banal) uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusualeditor's notes: Pronunciation: Banal is correctly pronounced differently by various educated speakers of American English.