Both Uses of
banal
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- Then came an interminable stream of news and updates, much of it almost physically painful in its banality.†
Chpt 4 *banality = something that is uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
- I take inventory of the banal details of Mama's life in this room.†
Chpt 8banal = uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
Definition:
uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
Pronunciation: Banal is correctly pronounced differently by various educated speakers of American English.