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normal(adjective)/ˈnɔːml/ /ˈnɔːrml/- typical, usual or ordinary; what you would expect
- quite/perfectly (= completely) normal
- Her temperature is normal.
- They are just quiet, normal people.
- It's normal to feel tired after such a long trip.
- It is now regarded as normal for women to work outside the home.
- He should be able to lead a perfectly normal life.
- Divorce is complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse.
- Under normal circumstances, I would say ‘yes’.
- In the normal course of events I wouldn't go to that part of town.
- Statistically, in a normal distribution, 68 per cent of the scores fall fairly close.
- The unemployment rate was above normal levels.
- Temperatures are expected to be in the normal range for May.
- We are open during normal office hours.
- It is normal practice to inform somebody if you want to leave early.
- My day began in the normal way, and then I received a very strange phone call.
- During normal conditions the road is clear of stones and mud.
Extra Examples- Go for your check-ups in the normal way until you are six months pregnant.
- I'd say it was pretty normal to be upset if your house burned down.
- It started out as a perfectly normal day.
- Mandy doesn't seem her normal self today.
- The temperature is near normal for spring.
- Under normal circumstances Martin would probably have gone to college.
- In normal circumstances she would have tested the machine first.
- In the normal course of events these things take months.
- Slavery was once seen as normal and natural.
- The help desk is available during normal office hours.
- The skin surface is resistant to infection under normal circumstances.
- not suffering from any mental or physical disorder
- People who commit such crimes aren't normal.
- Rebecca was born a normal, healthy baby.
Extra Examples- She seemed perfectly normal to me.
- People who commit these crimes can't be normal, can they?
- No normal person would do a thing like that.
- I don't see how otherwise normal, sane people can agree with such a policy.
- He had been a completely normal, healthy little boy.
- in the way that is normal or usual; as often happens
- Everyone blamed me as per usual.
Word Origin- mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘right-angled’): from Latin normalis, from norma ‘carpenter's square’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.
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