[
US
/ˈɔɹdəˌnɛɹi/
]
[ UK /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/ ]
NOUN
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the expected or commonplace condition or situation
not out of the ordinary - (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
- a judge of a probate court
- an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
- a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
ADJECTIVE
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not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
an ordinary day
an ordinary wine
ordinary decency
ordinary everyday objects -
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
the ordinary (or common) man in the street
average people
How To Use ordinary In A Sentence
- You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
- The ordinary piki is shaped into loose rolls about 10 inches long and two inches in diameter, but the wedding piki is folded into flat pieces about 8 inches square.
- Harlan 15.22 reports a most extraordinary epithelioma of Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- And that culture was nowhere near moribund, but being kept alive, and by ordinary people as much as ‘elites’.
- There are those additional requirements in respect of residence and ordinary residence.
- That, and his extraordinary capacity for self-sacrificing friendship, loyalty and sweet-natured nannying, have been his quadruple of acclaimed lifetime's high-lights.
- Not sure I can visualise the little carts – but the multitude of vibrant flowers described with intense joy opened a triumphal way to the vision of that extraordinary gypsy lady whose beauty and style impressed you so much. Gens du voyage - French Word-A-Day
- LONDON, February 4/PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc ( "RDS") today announced an interim dividend in respect of the fourth quarter of 2009 of US$0. 42 per A and B ordinary share, an increase of 5% over the US dollar dividend for the same quarter last year. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- What can you do with a machine that puts letters and numbers on an ordinary unmodified TV set?
- Although the race, the last on the card, was a fairly ordinary event, it had great significance for Oliver, who was warmly greeted by racegoers.
