Definitions for ordinary

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ordinary or·di·nar·y

Spelling: [awr-dn-er-ee]

IPA: /ˈɔr dnˌɛr i/

Ordinary is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in ordinary (adinorry).

Definitions for ordinary

noun

1. the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.:
2. something regular, customary, or usual.
3. Ecclesiastical. an order or form for divine service, especially that for saying Mass. the service of the Mass exclusive of the canon.
4. History/Historical. a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.
5. English Ecclesiastical Law. a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority.
6. (in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate.
7. British. (in a restaurant or inn) a complete meal in which all courses are included at one fixed price, as opposed to à la carte service.
8. a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all guests and customers the same standard meal or fare.
9. penny-farthing.
10. Heraldry. any of the simplest and commonest charges, usually having straight or broadly curved edges. honorable ordinary.

Idioms

1. in ordinary, in regular service:
2. out of the ordinary, exceptional; unusual: exceptionally good; unusually good:

adjective

1. of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional:
2. plain or undistinguished:
3. somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre.
4. customary; usual; normal:
5. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. common, vulgar, or disreputable.
6. (of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with something that is delegated.
7. (of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class.

Origin of ordinary

1250-1300; Middle English ordinarie (noun and adj.) Latin ordinārius regular, of the usual order, equivalent to ordin- (see order) + -ārius -ary<

Examples for ordinary

Are they not sufficiently well paid to have the ordinary comforts of life?

At least, she had kept him from the outrageous folly of an ordinary burglary.

“And so I have,” said Randall with something of his ordinary humour.

But, in spite of these ordinary defects, he was fond of his work and wishful to excel in it.

The Rizzoli in New York City was no ordinary bookstore in its seventies heyday.

Food is becoming scarce, which has led to prices increasing beyond the reach of ordinary people.

They refused to believe that ordinary humans could beat them at their own game.

There was nothing out of the ordinary, but for the fact that Jim was gay.

But the ways of the police are not always those of ordinary decency.

At the White House on Monday, Obama praised Hagel as “no ordinary secretary of defense.”