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   ordinary

   /ˈɔːdɪn(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. with no special or distinctive features; normal: "he sets out to depict ordinary people" Similar usualnormalstandardtypicalstockcommoncustomaryhabitualaccustomedexpectedwontedeverydayregularroutineday-to-daydailyestablishedsettledsetfixedtraditionalquotidianprevailingOpposite abnormal
   • ▪ not interesting or exceptional; commonplace: "she seemed very ordinary" Similar averagenormalrun-of-the-millstandardtypicalmiddle-of-the-roadcommonconventionalmainstreamunremarkableunexceptionalunpretentiousmodestplainsimplehomelyhomespunworkadayundistinguishednondescriptcharacterlesscolourlesscommonplacehumdrummundaneunmemorablepedestrianprosaicquotidianuninterestinguneventfuldullboringuninspiringblandsuburbanhackneyedstalemediocremiddlingindifferentgarden-varietyinformal:OKso-sobog-standardvanillaplain vanillanothing to write home abouta dime a dozenno great shakesnot up to muchcornyhackycommon or gardenorneryOpposite unusualextraordinaryuniqueexceptional
   • 2. (especially of a judge or bishop) exercising authority by virtue of office and not by deputation.

   noun

   • 1. what is commonplace or standard: "their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary"
   • 2. a judge who exercises authority by virtue of office and not by deputation. British
   • 3. a member of the clergy, such as an archbishop in a province or a bishop in a diocese, with immediate jurisdiction.
   • 4. those parts of a Roman Catholic service, especially the Mass, which do not vary from day to day.
   • ▪ a rule or book laying down the order of divine service.
   • 5. any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms (especially chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire).
   • 6. short for ordinary share
   • 7. a meal provided at a fixed time and price at an inn. archaic
   • ▪ an inn providing a meal at a fixed time and price.
   • 8. a penny-farthing bicycle. historical North American

   Word Origin late Middle English: the noun partly via Old French; the adjective from Latin ordinarius ‘orderly’ (reinforced by French ordinaire), from ordo, ordin- ‘order’.

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   • 1. ordinariness noun

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   What does ordinary mean?

   • The meaning of ORDINARY is of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events : routine, usual. How to use ordinary in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ordinary.

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   What is an ordinary person?

   • You could think of ordinary things as almost like rules in your life. As a noun it has other meanings. In heraldry (that's the art of the family shield), an ordinary is a conventional figure. A probate judge is called an ordinary, as is the clergyman who prepares prisoners for death.

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   What does 'in the ordinary way' mean?

   • In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person. unusual or different I'm looking for something a little more out of the ordinary. His behaviour was nothing out of the ordinary (= not unusual). Definition of ordinary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   Should words be given their “ordinary meaning”?

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   What is a synonym for ordinary?

   • Some common synonyms of ordinary are common, familiar, plain, popular, and vulgar. While all these words mean "generally met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual," ordinary stresses conformance in quality or kind with the regular order of things. When would common be a good substitute for ordinary?

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   What is an ordinary day?

   • An ordinary day is one in which nothing unexpected happens. You could describe a person as ordinary to mean that they’re normal, as in People treat me like a celebrity, but I’m just an ordinary guy. But using ordinary to describe a person can also be an insult, as in I don’t know what you see in him—he’s so ordinary.

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