ordinary
A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
Noun 3 meanings
A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
Something ordinary or regular.
A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
“On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.”
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
“I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.”
Bad or undesirable.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
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ORDINARY at a glance
ORDINARY has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (O 1 + R 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + A 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,448 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ordinary
All rhymes- MILITARY13
- SECRETARY14
- NECESSARY14
- PRIMARY14
- LIBRARY12
- MARY9
- ANNIVERSARY17
- SECONDARY15
- CONTEMPORARY21
- TEMPORARY16
- SCARY10
- SUMMARY14
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