/ ˈɔːdnri; NAmE ˈɔːrdneri/ adjective
1.
[ usually before noun ] not unusual or different in any way :
an ordinary sort of day
in the ordinary course of events
ordinary people like you and me
This was no ordinary meeting.
2.
( disapproving ) having no unusual or interesting features :
The meal was very ordinary.
—compare extraordinary
► or·din·ari·ness noun [ U ]
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IDIOMS
- in the ordinary way
- out of the ordinary
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : the noun partly via Old French ; the adjective from Latin ordinarius orderly (reinforced by French ordinaire ), from ordo , ordin- order.