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Ordinary   /ˈɔrdənˌɛri/   Listen
Ordinary

adjective
1.
Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.  "Ordinary decency" , "An ordinary day" , "An ordinary wine"
2.
Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered.  Synonym: average.  "The ordinary (or common) man in the street"
noun
(pl. ordinaries)
1.
A judge of a probate court.
2.
The expected or commonplace condition or situation.
3.
A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.
4.
An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel.  Synonym: ordinary bicycle.
5.
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields.



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"Ordinary" Quotes from Famous Books



... compassion on witches; I would burn all of them. We read in the old law that the priests threw the first stone at such malefactors. Our ordinary sins offend and anger God. What then must be His wrath against witchcraft, which we may justly designate high treason against divine majesty, a revolt against the infinite power of God. The maladies I suffer are not ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol X • Various
... with his poverty to hedge him about more effectually than miles of desert could have done. His father and mother had lived upon fairly good terms with all their neighbors, but had formed no very close bonds with any. In the ordinary New England town, neighborhood never means much: there is a dismal lack of cohesion to the relations between people. The community is loosely held together by a few accidental points of contact ...
— Mercy Philbrick's Choice • Helen Hunt Jackson
... hearts of Barchester, and absolutely cows the whole parish of Plumstead Episcopi. 'Tis only when he has exchanged that ever-new shovel hat for a tasselled nightcap, and those shining black habiliments for his accustomed robe de nuit, that Dr Grantly talks, and looks, and thinks like an ordinary man. ...
— The Warden • Anthony Trollope
... and Clara resumed their ordinary occupations, and one of them at least troubled herself no more about the fete, until, shortly before dinner time, Elliot, Caroline, and Mr. Faulkner all rode up to the front door. Mr. Faulkner, it appeared, was come to dinner, and to carry on the consultation, since he was extremely ...
— The Two Guardians • Charlotte Mary Yonge
... Palace Car Company, which has its works here. The town consists mainly of workmen's cottages. Most of the population are dependent upon the car works. The Pullman Company owns and operates dining and sleeping cars on practically all the railways of the country. In addition to its own cars it builds ordinary passenger ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 - "Chtelet" to "Chicago" • Various


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