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ordinariness|ˈɔːdɪnərɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being ordinary; usual or commonplace character; (with an and pl.) an instance of this quality.
1619Hieron Wks. II. 8 Let profanenesse and poperie cast reproches vpon diligence and ordinarinesse. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 397 Whereas the persons yet under reproof are wont to pretend..lowness and ordinariness of matter, or of teaching, in the ministry which they have a mind to quit. 1807W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXIV. 332 An idiomatic ordinariness of diction, which has been praised for its simplicity. 1871H. B. Forman Living Poets 247 The eight verses work through a variety of ordinarinesses to the final. |