formulaic

adj

1. Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as:

   “a formulaic greeting”

   “Homeric Greeks valued clichés because not only the poets but the entire oral noetic world or thought world relied upon the formulaic constitution of thought.”

2. Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as:

   “That TV series has become awfully formulaic in the last couple of seasons.”

   “Neoimpressionism quickly divided viewers: did it herald an abstract future or was it a dry, formulaic dead end?”