ordinary
adjective
of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional.
ordinariness
-
a word derived from
ordinary.
Example Sentences
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The very ordinariness of these reminders underscored the fact—as if it needed underscoring—that I hadn’t just lost a daughter but a whole previous life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
But it’s his comfortable ordinariness that allows him to make such a powerful connection with the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
In their ordinariness, some photos I’ve seen of those deported immigrant families remind me of my own family.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
Some defence lawyers have seen in their ordinariness a valuable line of defence.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
So she goes to that place where all things go that are not mentionable, taking her blond hair, her angora sweater, her ordinariness with her.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
