Meaning of 'ordinary' (Webster Dictionary)
- According to established order; methodical; settled;
regular.
- Common; customary; usual.
- Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by
superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way;
commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment;
an ordinary book.
- An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own
right, and not by deputation.
- One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters
ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop,
or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned
criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
- A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a
judge of probate or a surrogate.
- The mass; the common run.
- That which is so common, or continued, as to be
considered a settled establishment or institution.
- Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
- A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared
for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one
where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the
meal furnished at such a dining room.
- A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten
which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse,
pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some
authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See
Subordinary.
Meaning of 'ordinary' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the expected or commonplace condition or situation
Meaning (2):
- not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
Example in sentence:- an ordinary day;
- an ordinary wine;
- ordinary decency;
- ordinary everyday objects
Meaning (3):
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Example in sentence:- average people;
- the ordinary (or common) man in the street
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