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ordinary |
Grep of noun ordinary envoy extraordinary ordinary ordinary annuity ordinary bicycle ordinary care ordinary shares Overview of noun ordinary The noun ordinary has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) ordinary -- (a judge of a probate court) 2. (1) ordinary -- (the expected or commonplace condition or situation: "not out of the ordinary") 3. ordinary -- (a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death) 4. ordinary, ordinary bicycle -- (an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel) 5. ordinary -- ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields) Overview of adj ordinary The adj ordinary has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (38) ordinary -- (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine") 2. (4) average, ordinary -- (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street") Antonyms of adj ordinary 2 senses of ordinary Sense 1 ordinary (vs. extraordinary) extraordinary (vs. ordinary) => bonzer => exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing => fantastic, howling(postnominal), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(postnominal), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous => fantastic, phenomenal => one(postnominal) => preternatural => pyrotechnic => rare uncommon => remarkable, singular => some => special => wonderworking => frightful => great Sense 2 average, ordinary INDIRECT (VIA common) -> uncommon Similarity of adj ordinary 2 senses of ordinary Sense 1 ordinary (vs. extraordinary) => average, fair, mediocre, middling => banal, commonplace, trivial => banausic => characterless, nondescript => common => cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry => everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday => average, fair, mediocre, middling => indifferent, passable, so-so(prenominal), tolerable => run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, unexceptional => commonplace Also See-> common#2; usual#1 Sense 2 average, ordinary => common (vs. uncommon) Attributes of adj ordinary 1 of 2 senses of ordinary Sense 1 ordinary (vs. extraordinary) => ordinariness Familiarity of adj ordinary ordinary used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ordinary extraordinary ordinary Overview of noun ordinary The noun ordinary has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) ordinary -- (a judge of a probate court) 2. (1) ordinary -- (the expected or commonplace condition or situation: "not out of the ordinary") 3. ordinary -- (a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death) 4. ordinary, ordinary bicycle -- (an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel) 5. ordinary -- ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields) Overview of adj ordinary The adj ordinary has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (38) ordinary -- (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine") 2. (4) average, ordinary -- (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street")
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