ordinary (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
examples ordinary everyday objects
ordinary decency
an ordinary day
an ordinary wine
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Also see common; usual
Attribute ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
Derivationally related form ordinary → ordinariness
Antonym ordinary → extraordinary
Similar to average, fair, mediocre, middling; banausic; characterless, nondescript; common; commonplace; cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry; everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday; indifferent, so-so(p); run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, mine run, unexceptional
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Also see common
Similar to average, fair, mediocre, middling; banausic; characterless, nondescript; common; commonplace; cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry; everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday; indifferent, so-so(p); run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, mine run, unexceptional
Antonym extraordinary → ordinary
Derived from adjective ordinarily → ordinary
Derivationally related form ordinariness → ordinary
Attribute ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity

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