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ORDINARY definition: 1. not different or special or unexpected in any way; usual: 2. normally, or in the way that…. Learn more.
1. : of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events : routine, usual. an ordinary day. 2. a. : of common quality, rank, or ability. an ordinary teenager. b. : deficient in quality : poor, inferior. ordinary wine. 3. : having or constituting immediate or original jurisdiction. also : belonging to such jurisdiction. ordinariness.
If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special or interesting in any way and may be rather dull. I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy. Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.
Something ordinary is something that happens every day. Maybe you should skip your ordinary breakfast and try something new. Although we often use the adjective ordinary to mean "ho-hum, nothing special," it actually comes from the Latin root for "rule."
Ordinary definition: of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional. See examples of ORDINARY used in a sentence.
Definition of ordinary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. adjective. Customary; usual; regular; normal. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Familiar; unexceptional; common; average. Webster's New World. Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality; average. Ordinary people; ordinary black tea. American Heritage. Relatively poor or inferior; below average. Webster's New World.
