ordinary

Definition

  • noun: a prelate exercising original jurisdiction over a specified territory or group
  • adjective: normal or usual
  • adjective: of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events
  • usually used in the phrase 'out of the ordinary'
  • synonyms: routine, usual, common

Examples

  • They had their morning coffee 'in the ordinary way', reading the paper and not speaking until they were finished.

  • My wife thought our guide was strange, but he seemed perfectly 'ordinary' to me.

  • They've had the 'ordinary' problems associated with starting a new business.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Concerned? I don't know. I haven't really thought about it. Just ignore the quill. Then, of course, you're no ordinary boy of , are you? - Fourteen. - Your story's legend. Do you think it was the trauma of your past... ...that made you so keen to enter (..)
    2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire