What does formulaic mean?

Answer 1

words, like very boring at times

(The Odyssey is formulaic literature)
1.a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.

2.any fixed or conventional method for doing something: His mystery stories were written according to a popular formula.

3.Mathematics .a.a rule or principle, frequently expressed in algebraic symbols.

b.such a symbolic expression.

4.Chemistry . an expression of the constituents of a compound by symbols and figures. Compare empirical formula, molecular formula, structural formula.

5.a recipe or prescription: a new formula for currant wine.

The word formula means a a rule that is expressed in symbols or mathematical relationship.

Answer 2

The adjective formulaic means the constituting or containing a set form of words, OR produced in accordance with a set of standard rules or styles. Thus much of classical Greek Literature can be regarded as formulaic, as might the work of many 19th century British poets.