cut-and-dried

Main Entry:
cut-and-dried [kuht-n-drahyd]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: decided and fixed
Synonyms: definite, destined, familiar, fated, fixed, in the cards, old hat, ordained, ordinary, plotted, prearranged, precise, routine, set, settled, specific, trite, written
Antonyms: vague
Main Entry: methodical/methodic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: organized, precise
Synonyms: all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book, by the numbers, careful, cut-and-dried, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, exact, fixed, framed, in a groove, logical, methodized, meticulous, neat, ordered, orderly, painstaking, planned, regular, scrupulous, set-up, structured, systematic, tidy, together, well-regulated
Antonyms: confused, disorderly, disorganized, imprecise, unmethodical/unmethodic
Main Entry: usual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: common, typical
Synonyms: accepted, accustomed, average, chronic, commonplace, constant, conventional, current, customary, cut-and-dried, everyday, expected, familiar, fixed, frequent, garden variety, general, grind, habitual, mainstream, matter-of-course, natural, normal, ordinary, plain, plastic, prevailing, prevalent, quotidian, regular, rife, routine, run-of-the-mill, so-so, standard, stock, typic, unremarkable, vanilla, white-bread, wonted, workaday
Notes: habitual means made a norm or custom or habit or fixed practice; customary means in accordance with convention or custom; usual means commonly or normally encountered, experienced, or observed
Antonyms: abnormal, atypical, irregular, uncommon, unusual
Main Entry: formulaic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ordinary
Synonyms: average, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, cut-and-dried, everyday, garden-variety, imitative, mechanical, normal, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unoriginal, unremarkable, usual
Main Entry: garden-variety
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ordinary
Synonyms: average, characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, cut-and-dried, dull, fair, familiar, formulaic, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, p
Main Entry: methodic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: methodical
Synonyms: all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book, by the numbers, careful, cut-and-dried, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, exact, fixed, framed, in a groove, logical, methodized, meticulous, neat, ordered, orderly, painstaking, planned, regular, scrupulous, set-up, structured, systematic, systematical, tidy, together, well-regulated
Main Entry: systematical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: methodical
Synonyms: all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book, by the numbers, careful, cut-and-dried, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, exact, fixed, framed, in a groove, logical, methodic, methodized, meticulous, neat*, ordered, orderly, painstaking, planned, regular, scrupulous, set-up, structured, systematic, tidy, together, well-regulated
Main Entry: unremarkable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ordinary
Synonyms: accustomed, average, common, commonplace, customary, cut-and-dried, established, everyday, familiar, formulaic, frequent, garden*, garden-variety, general, habitual, humdrum*, indifferent, mediocre, natural, normal, plain, popular, prevailing, public, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, settled, standard, stock, traditional, typical, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual, wonted
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