ordinary
[awr-dn-er-ee]
adjective
noun, plural or·di·nar·ies.
Origin of ordinary
Synonyms for ordinary
Synonym study
3. See common.
Antonyms for ordinary
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Related Words for ordinariness
normalcy, normality, commonality, uniformity, prevalence, regularity, commonness, averageness, routinenessExamples from the Web for ordinariness
Historical Examples of ordinariness
Mr. Hazlewood had carried with him a wonderful assurance of ordinariness.
Guy and PaulineCompton Mackenzie
And withal, the ordinariness and the midland gumption of the scene were shot through with the bright exotic rays of romance!
Hilda LesswaysArnold Bennett
There is an ordinariness, an indistinctness, a generalization, not even to be found in a flock of sheep.
Imaginary Conversations and PoemsWalter Savage Landor
He tried to take Tump's appearance casually; he tried to maintain an air of ordinariness.
BirthrightT.S. Stribling
ordinary
adjective
noun plural -naries
Word Origin for ordinary
C16: (adj) and C13: (some n senses): ultimately from Latin ordinārius orderly, from ordō order
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