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comparative more banal or banaler, superlative most banal or banalest
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. quotations examples
One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning! All these banalities - They're suddenly turned into these… these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From Music.
2013, John Carney, Begin Again (motion picture), spoken by Dan (Mark Ruffalo)
(uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service. quotations
They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.
1926, Thomas Guérin, Feudal Canada: The Story of the Seigniories of New France, page 72
French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]
1984, C. Warren Hollister, “War and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Norman world: the reign of Henry I”, in Anglo-Norman Studies VI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1983, page 79
To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?
2002, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 138