Ordinary

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Mục lục 1 Adjective 1.1 of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional 1.2 plain or undistinguished 1.3 somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre. 1.4 customary; usual; normal 1.5 Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. common, vulgar, or disreputable. 1.6 (of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with something that is delegated. 1.7 (of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class. 2 Noun 2.1 the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc. 2.2 something regular, customary, or usual. 2.3 Ecclesiastical . 2.4 History/Historical . a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. 2.5 English Ecclesiastical Law . a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority. 2.6 (in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate. 2.7 British . (in a restaurant or inn) a complete meal in which all courses are included at one fixed price, as opposed to ? la carte service. 2.8 a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all guests and customers the same standard meal or fare. 2.9 a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind. 2.10 Heraldry . 3 Idioms 3.1 in ordinary 3.2 out of the ordinary 4 Antonyms 4.1 adjective 5 Synonyms 5.1 adjective 5.2 noun

Adjective

of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional

One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.

plain or undistinguished

ordinary clothes.

somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre.

customary; usual; normal

We plan to do the ordinary things this weekend.

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. common, vulgar, or disreputable.

(of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with something that is delegated.

(of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class.

Noun

the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.

ability far above the ordinary.

something regular, customary, or usual.

Ecclesiastical .

an order or form for divine service, esp. that for saying Mass.

the service of the Mass exclusive of the canon.

History/Historical . a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.

English Ecclesiastical Law . a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority.

(in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate.

British . (in a restaurant or inn) a complete meal in which all courses are included at one fixed price, as opposed to ? la carte service.

a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all guests and customers the same standard meal or fare.

a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.

Heraldry .

any of the simplest and commonest charges, usually having straight or broadly curved edges.

honorable ordinary. ?

Idioms

in ordinary

in regular service

a physician in ordinary to the king.

out of the ordinary

exceptional; unusual

Having triplets is certainly out of the ordinary.

exceptionally good; unusually good

The food at this restaurant is truly out of the ordinary.

Antonyms

adjective

abnormal , extraordinary , irregular , uncommon , different , distinctive , remarkable , special

Synonyms

adjective

accustomed , customary , established , everyday , familiar , frequent , general , habitual , humdrum * , natural , normal , popular , prevailing , public , quotidian , routine , run-of-the-mill * , settled , standard , stock , traditional , typical , usual , wonted , characterless , common , commonplace , conventional , dull , fair , garden * , garden variety , generic , homespun , household , humble , indifferent , inferior , mean , mediocre , modest , no great shakes , pedestrian , plain , plastic , prosaic , second-rate , simple , so-so * , stereotyped , undistinguished , uneventful , unexceptional , uninspired , unmemorable , unnoteworthy , unpretentious , unremarkable , vanilla * , white-bread , workaday , average , cut-and-dried , formulaic , garden , garden-variety , run-of-the-mill , administrative , banal , colloquial , exoteric , hackneyed , lay , middling , mundane , nominal , regular , so-so , trivial , vernacular

noun

commonplace , norm , rule