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ordinary

/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ adjetivo B1

En español: ordinario, del montón

  1. Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 5 · B2
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 13 · C1
“Now, Doctor,” turning to me, “are those ordinary pills?”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 71 · B2
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.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 38 · B2

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