ordinary
What is the Definition of ordinary?
Noun:
- a judge of a probate court
- the expected or commonplace condition or situation
- a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
- an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
- (heraldry)
Adjective:
- not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- or common
How can I use ordinary in a sentence?
He pulled a bag of ordinary golf balls out of his pocket and a few minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch.
When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor — you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe.
It was Uncle Vernon, still purple-faced, still mustached, still looking furious at the nerve of Harry, carrying an owl in a cage in a station full of ordinary people.
Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, See that, Harry?
Although Hagrid seemed to know where he was going, he was obviously not used to getting there in an ordinary way.
Other meanings of ordinary (synonyms, cognates).
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