Ordinary
//ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi//
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The word "ordinary" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.
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in ordinary infraordinary intra-ordinary intraordinary nonordinary onry ordinarily ordinariness ordinarity ordinary course of business ordinary differential equation ordinary form ordinary language ordinary language philosophy ordinary magisterium ordinary number ordinary resolution ordinary seaman ordinary share ordinaryship ornery out of the ordinary person having ordinary skill in the art person of ordinary skill in the art subordinary superordinary supraordinary unordinary
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adjective anything anything else average bad basic basic simple being being plain bicycle coat of arms common common person commonplace customary day description devotional dull else every every day everyday everyday thing everything everything else fess jurisdiction mass mill mundane normal normal thing normal typical normalcy nothing nothing special old old store ordain pale penny farthing person plain plane regular regular simple roman catholic routine run run mill simple special store subordinary trite typical undesirable usual
Similar Terms
average banausic banausic characterless characterless common common commonplace commonplace cut and dried cut-and-dried cut-and-dry everyday fair indifferent mediocre mediocre middling mine run mundane nondescript quotidian routine run of mill run-of-the-mill run-of-the-mine so so so-so undistinguished unexceptional unremarkable unremarkable usual workaday
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