ALL meanings of ordinary
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O o - adjective ordinary of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person. 2
- noun ordinary With no special or distinctive features; normal. 1
- adjective ordinary plain or undistinguished: ordinary clothes. 1
- adjective ordinary somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre. 1
- adjective ordinary customary; usual; normal: We plan to do the ordinary things this weekend. 1
- adjective ordinary Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. common, vulgar, or disreputable. 1
- adjective ordinary (of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with something that is delegated. 1
- adjective ordinary (of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class. 1
- noun plural ordinary the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.: ability far above the ordinary. 1
- noun plural ordinary something regular, customary, or usual. 1
- noun plural ordinary Ecclesiastical. an order or form for divine service, especially that for saying Mass. the service of the Mass exclusive of the canon. 1
- noun plural ordinary History/Historical. a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. 1
- noun plural ordinary English Ecclesiastical Law. a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority. 1
- noun plural ordinary (in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate. 1
- noun plural ordinary British. (in a restaurant or inn) a complete meal in which all courses are included at one fixed price, as opposed to à la carte service. 1
- noun plural ordinary a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all guests and customers the same standard meal or fare. 1
- noun plural ordinary penny-farthing. 1
- noun plural ordinary Heraldry. any of the simplest and commonest charges, usually having straight or broadly curved edges. honorable ordinary. 1
- idioms ordinary in ordinary, in regular service: a physician in ordinary to the king. 1
- idioms ordinary out of the ordinary, exceptional; unusual: Having triplets is certainly out of the ordinary. exceptionally good; unusually good: The food at this restaurant is truly out of the ordinary. 1
- adjective ordinary nothing special 1
- adjective ordinary mediocre 1
- adjective ordinary usual, everyday 1
- adjective ordinary person: plain-looking 1
- adjective ordinary shares: non-preference 1
- noun ordinary the usual 1
- noun ordinary an official having jurisdiction within a specified area by right of the office he or she holds; esp., a bishop having such jurisdiction within his or her own diocese 0
- noun ordinary in some states, a judge of probate 0
- noun ordinary a set meal served regularly at the same price 0
- noun ordinary an inn, tavern, etc. where such meals are served 0
- noun ordinary an early type of bicycle with one large wheel, and a smaller one behind 0
- noun ordinary the form to be followed in a service 0
- noun ordinary the parts of the Mass that are fixed or relatively unvarying; common 0
- noun ordinary any one of the basic heraldic devices, as bend, fess, etc. 0
- adjective ordinary customary; usual; regular; normal 0
- adjective ordinary familiar; unexceptional; common; average 0
- adjective ordinary relatively poor or inferior; below average 0
- adjective ordinary having immediate, not delegated, jurisdiction, as a judge 0
- adjective ordinary Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way. 0
- graded adjective ordinary If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special or interesting in any way and may be rather dull. 0
- adjective ordinary of common or established type or occurrence 0
- adjective ordinary familiar, everyday, or unexceptional 0
- adjective ordinary uninteresting or commonplace 0
- adjective ordinary having regular or ex officio jurisdiction 0
- adjective ordinary (of a differential equation) containing two variables only and derivatives of one of the variables with respect to the other 0
- noun ordinary a common or average situation, amount, or degree (esp in the phrase out of the ordinary) 0
- noun ordinary a normal or commonplace person or thing 0
- noun ordinary a judge who exercises jurisdiction in his own right 0
- noun ordinary an ecclesiastic, esp a bishop, holding an office to which certain jurisdictional powers are attached 0
- noun ordinary the parts of the Mass that do not vary from day to day 0