ordinarily
/ˈɔːd(ə)ˌn(ə)rɪli
/ /ˌɔːdɪˈnɛrɪli /adverb
1 [sentence adverb] Usually: a person who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom...
- So the world must ordinarily appear to us in such a way that we can accept these principles.
- People who might ordinarily be overlooked typically have a voice in our discussions.
- The Canada Elections Act says a person must vote in the riding where he or she ordinarily resides and not where mail is delivered.
Synonyms
usually, normally, as a rule, generally, as a general rule, in general, in the general run of things, for the most part, by and large, mainly, mostly, most of the time, customarily, typically, habitually, commonly, routinely
2In a normal way: an effort to behave ordinarily...
- It started ordinarily enough with me standing outside my local convenience store, but there seemed to be something different about it.