The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mundane \Mun"dane\, a. [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. ma[.n][dsdot] to adorn, dress, ma[.n][dsdot]a adornment. Cf. Monde, Mound in heraldry.]
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Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with heavenly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere; mundane concerns. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv.
The defilement of mundane passions.
--I. Taylor. Commonplace; ordinary; banal.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 in a mundane manner 2 in a worldly manner
WordNet
adv. in a worldly manner; "terrestrially changeable" [syn: terrestrially]
in a mundane manner; "the young man spoke so mundanely of university life"
Usage examples of "mundanely".
This was an anticlimax, this real drama ending so mundanely in a harborside apartment.