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ordinary::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | average |
| Derivation | ordinariness |
the ordinary (or common) man in the street.
ordinary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ordinary bicycle |
| Type of | bike, bicycle, cycle, wheel |
ordinary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reverend, clergyman, man of the cloth |
ordinary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bearing, charge, armorial bearing, heraldic bearing |
| Has types | fesse, fess, bend sinister, bend dexter, bar sinister, bend |
ordinary::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | ordinariness |
ordinary everyday objects.
ordinary decency.
an ordinary day.
an ordinary wine.
Examples of ordinary
ordinary
She writes about ordinary people living everyday lives in a down-to-earth style.
From the washingtontimes.com
To friends who are collectors, his apartment isn't anything out of the ordinary.
From the post-gazette.com
An ordinary day for Anderson, but extraordinary in the context of U.S. medicine.
From the businessweek.com
Few studies have examined the perils of beauty, or the upside of ordinary stock.
From the newsweek.com
Sometimes, it's ordinary people who've done something heroic or rescued someone.
From the cnn.com
At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
From the nzherald.co.nz
How are ordinary people expected to understand when it's double-Dutch like this?
From the telegraph.co.uk
The Freeling family home is an ordinary house in an ordinary suburban community.
From the time.com
Bad tax, bad Government, bad alliancers and a very very ordinary Prime Minister.
From the canberratimes.com.au
- A judge of a probate court
- 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"
- Average: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
- The expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary"
- A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
- An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
- In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws. The term comes from the Latin word ordinarius.
- In heraldry, an ordinary (or honourable ordinary) is a simple geometrical figure, bounded by straight lines and running from side to side or top to bottom of the shield. ...
- An Ordinary was a type of lecture given in universities of the Middle Ages. Lectures were distinguished by the time of day they were conducted: an ordinary was conducted by fully qualified professors on fundamental texts in the morning, while extraordinary lectures were given in the afternoon by ...
