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| 1. | [ adjective ] not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree | |
| Examples: | "ordinary everyday objects" "ordinary decency" "an ordinary day" "an ordinary wine" |
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| Related terms: | extraordinary everyday indifferent indifferent banal average characterless common commonplace cut-and-dried run-of-the-mill banausic mine_run cut-and-dried usual common ordinariness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | |
| Synonyms: | average | |
| Examples: | "average people" "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" |
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| Related terms: | common | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (law,work) a judge of a probate court | |
| Related terms: | judge law | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the expected or commonplace condition or situation | |
| Examples: | : "not out of the ordinary" |
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| Related terms: | condition condition | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death | |
| Related terms: | clergyman | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (transportation) an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel | |
| Synonyms: | ordinary_bicycle | |
| Related terms: | cycle bicycle | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields | |
| Related terms: | charge bend fesse bend_sinister bar_sinister heraldry | |
| Similar spelling: |
ordinarily ordinal ordinate ordinand ordainer ordinance Orduna ordain ordination ordnance ordained |
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