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English Idioms :: ordinary
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odinary - See: OUT OF THE ORDINARY. |
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Traditional English :: ordinary
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odinary - adj. & n. --adj. 1 a regular, normal, customary, usual (in the ordinary course of events). b boring; commonplace (an ordinary little man). 2 Brit. Law (esp. of a judge) having immediate or ex officio jurisdiction, not deputed. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 Brit. Law a person, esp. a judge, having immediate or ex officio jurisdiction. 2 (the Ordinary) a an archbishop in a province. b a bishop in a diocese. 3 (usu. Ordinary) RC Ch. a those parts of a service, esp. the mass, which do not vary from day to day. b a rule or book laying down the order of divine service. 4 Heraldry a charge of the earliest, simplest, and commonest kind (esp. chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire). 5 (Ordinary) (also Lord Ordinary) any of the judges of the Court of Session in Scotland, constituting the Outer House. 6 esp. US hist. an early type of bicycle with one large and one very small wheel; a penny-farthing. 7 Brit. hist. a a public meal provided at a fixed time and price at an inn etc. b an establishment providing this. 8 US a tavern. in ordinary Brit. by permanent appointment (esp. to the royal household) (physician in ordinary). in the ordinary way if the circumstances are or were not exceptional. ordinary level Brit. hist. the lowest of the three levels of the GCE examination. ordinary scale = decimal scale. ordinary seaman a sailor of the lowest rank, that below able-bodied seaman. ordinary shares Brit. shares entitling holders to a dividend from net profits (cf. preference shares). out of the ordinary unusual. ordinarily adv. ordinariness n. [ME f. L ordinarius orderly (as ORDER)] |
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Related Words
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anything
but
ordinary
avril
lavigne
lyric
decent
criminal
differential
equation
our
effort
extraordinary
people
wealth
least
square
life
less
song
day
train
radio
version
by
vanessa
carlton
randalls
inn
spider
man
kyla
not
your
girl
duran
world
cardcaptors
sade
no
love
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Most Often Usage
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anything but ordinary avril lavigne
anything but ordinary
anything but ordinary lyric
ordinary decent criminal
ordinary differential equation
our effort to ordinary
extraordinary ordinary people wealth
ordinary least square
a life less ordinary
ordinary song
ordinary day lyric
train ordinary radio version lyric
ordinary day by vanessa carlton
randalls ordinary inn
spider man ordinary
kyla not your ordinary girl
ordinary girl
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