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Too predictable, as a plot
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formulaic
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1845, from formula + -ic .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a formulaic mystery novel EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But it was formulaic fast Ministry music, so we thought it out. ▪ It is the simple or formulaic use of the trust clause which is of the greater significance. ▪ Set ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. characterized by or in accordance with some formula
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Closely following a formula or predictable pattern; imitative, not original.
Usage examples of formulaic.
This kind of writing has coexisted with the Chekhovian kind for a number of decades, and if, as many have noted, the attenuated and formulaic New Yorker story represents the final stage of the older form, it may be that the Kafkan mode is gaining ascendancy over modern tastes.
Llesho answered with a formulaic plea for hospitality that he hoped would cool tempers growing chancy.
At last he did take a couple of fine small bronzes, one a statuette of Illil with a moon in either hand, the other a portrait bust of Sabium that managed to capture something of her character in spite of being almost as rigidly formulaic as the image of the god.