Ordinary Sort Unusual Adjective ˈɔːdnri ˈɔːrdneri Day Events

• an ordinary sort of day
• in the ordinary course of events
• ordinary people like you and me
• this was no ordinary meeting.

ordinary

1. not unusual or different in any way
• an ordinary sort of day
• in the ordinary course of events
• ordinary people like you and me
• This was no ordinary meeting.
• She was a perfectly ordinary little girl.
• They are just ordinary working folk.

Extra Examples

• I lead a very ordinary life.
• It was, for most ordinary citizens, a time of prosperity.
• She doubted that, in ordinary circumstances, the two would have got on well together.
• The images can be printed on ordinary paper.
• These plates are for ordinary, everyday use.
• We were an ordinary family.
2. having no unusual or interesting features
• COMPARE extraordinary
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• The meal was very ordinary.

Extra Examples

• The wines produced were at best very ordinary.
• He had an ordinary sort of face.
3. used to say what normally happens in a particular situation
• In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person.
4. unusual or different
• I'm looking for something a little more out of the ordinary.
• His behaviour was nothing out of the ordinary (= not unusual).

Word Origin

• late Middle English: the noun partly via Old French; the adjective from Latin ordinarius ‘orderly’ (reinforced by French ordinaire), from ordo, ordin- ‘order’.