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.
(..) Getting them together to find out what makes different people tick. I wouldn't give two cents for all your fancy rules - - if behind them they didn't have plain, ordinary everyday kindness. And... a little looking out for the other fellow too. That's pretty important, all that. (..)1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington