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ordinary   (TTS Sound)

The noun ordinary has 5 senses

• ordinary -- (a judge of a probate court)


• ordinary -- (the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary")


• ordinary -- (a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death)


• ordinary, ordinary bicycle -- (an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel)


• ordinary -- ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)

The adj ordinary has 2 senses

• ordinary -- (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine")


• average, ordinary -- (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street")