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Definition of ordinary adjective from the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

 

ordinary

 adjective
adjective  
BrE BrE//ˈɔːdnri//
 
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɔːrdneri//
 
 
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not unusual or different in any way Ordinary people typically identify happiness with pleasure, money or fame. Ordinary citizens had no channels of effective complaint. The details of the case are fairly ordinary.
ordinariness noun
BrE BrE//ˈɔːdnrinəs//
 
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɔːrdnerinəs//
 
[uncountable] ordinariness (of something) They try to see beneath the apparent ordinariness of everyday life.
 
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See ordinary in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary