boringly

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He’s described supporting the team as a deliberate decision not to back the boringly predictable usual winners.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024

There's also something about the idea of eating less of something that feels intrinsically — and boringly — austere.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2024

But Franklin and Gosling's paper, boringly entitled “Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate,” lacked the impact of Watson and Crick's declaration that they had discovered DNA's structure.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2023

“I’m a little boringly classicist. I like the idea that when you go and explore a place, you do so by not imposing your gaze upon it.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

“They can’t keep that up!” she had said to herself; and in short she would stay, less boringly both for herself and for others, at home. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry