ordinary
adjective
of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional.
ordinariness
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a word derived from
ordinary.
Example Sentences
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The last gets better mileage than the running gag about his ordinariness, which is still being used in the closing minutes of the film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In their ordinariness, some photos I’ve seen of those deported immigrant families remind me of my own family.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
He’s not only the show’s tragically doomed protagonist but also its storyteller, and he anchors the production with a handsome ordinariness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
The staggering design ambition balances out the plot’s affecting, relatable ordinariness, which kicks in a couple of decades after the Lumens settle in and open a store that ignites a thriving fire community.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
There’s no need to invoke any special parapsychological abilities; the ordinariness of apparently predictive dreams does not need any ex plaining.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
