ordinary

  • 11ordinary — 1. noun At common law, one who had exempt and immediate jurisdiction in causes ecclesiastical. Also a bishop; and an archbishop is the ordinary of the whole province, to visit and receive appeals from inferior jurisdictions. Also a commissary or… …

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  • 12Ordinary — Hierarch redirects here. For the characters in the video game series Halo, see Hierarchs (Halo). For other possible uses, see Hierarchy (disambiguation). For other uses, see Ordinary (disambiguation). Pope Pius XI, depicted in this window at… …

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  • 13ordinary — adj. & n. adj. 1 a regular, normal, customary, usual (in the ordinary course of events). b boring; commonplace (an ordinary little man). 2 Brit. Law (esp. of a judge) having immediate or ex officio jurisdiction, not deputed. n. (pl. ies) 1 Brit.… …

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  • 14ordinary — or|di|na|ry W2S1 [ˈo:dənəri US ˈo:rdəneri] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: ordinarius, from ordo; ORDER1] 1.) average, common, or usual, not different or special ▪ It s just an ordinary camera. ▪ The book is about ordinary people . ▪ Art… …

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  • 15ordinary — or|di|nar|y [ ɔrdn,eri ] adjective *** 1. ) normal or average, and not unusual or special: He lives in an ordinary house in suburban Melbourne. It was just an ordinary Saturday morning. perfectly ordinary: From the outside it looked like a… …

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  • 16ordinary */*/*/ — UK [ˈɔː(r)d(ə)n(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈɔrd(ə)nˌerɪ] adjective 1) a) normal or average, and not unusual or special He lives in an ordinary house in suburban Melbourne. It was just an ordinary Saturday morning. perfectly ordinary: From the outside it looked… …

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  • 17ordinary — ordinariness, n. /awr dn er ee/, adj., n., pl. ordinaries. adj. 1. of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person. 2. plain or undistinguished: ordinary… …

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  • 18ordinary — [[t]ɔ͟ː(r)dɪnri, AM neri[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way. I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me... It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice …

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  • 19ordinary — 01. During an [ordinary] week, you can expect to do about 4 to 5 hours of homework. 02. She may be a super model, but when she takes off all her make up, and put on her jeans and a T shirt, she actually looks quite [ordinary]. 03. The bars are… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 20ordinary — adjective 1 average, common, or usual, not different or special: part of a politician s ordinary routine | The new taxes came as a shock to ordinary Americans. | out of the ordinary (=unusual or unexpected): Nothing out of the ordinary had… …

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