ordinary
/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ adjective B1- Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
- Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine. · On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.
- Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory. · I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.· He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder.
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A death which has caused my brother to alter his habits can be no ordinary one.
Matthew was not looking at her and would not have seen what she was really like if he had been, but an ordinary observer would have seen this: A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey.
“Now, Doctor,” turning to me, “are those ordinary pills?”
You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.”
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