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ordinary ordinary definition

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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