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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024or•di•nar•y /ˈɔrdənˌɛri/USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -nar•ies. adj. - of no special quality or interest;
commonplace;
unexceptional:not a hero but a plain, ordinary man. - customary;
usual;
normal:wore their ordinary clothes.
n. [uncountable* the + ~] - customary or average condition, degree, etc.:ability far above the ordinary.
Idioms- Idioms out of the ordinary:
- unusual.
- unusually good:She wanted to get him a birthday present that was out of the ordinary this year.
or•di•nar•i•ness, n. [uncountable]See -ord-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024or•di•nar•y (ôr′dn er′ē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -nar•ies. adj. - 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. - Slang Terms[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.
n. - the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.:ability far above the ordinary.
- something regular, customary, or usual.
- Religion[Eccles.]
- an order or form for divine service, esp. that for saying Mass.
- the service of the Mass exclusive of the canon.
- World History, Religion[Hist.]a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.
- World History, Religion[Eng. Eccles. Law.]a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority.
- Law(in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate.
- British Terms(in a restaurant or inn) a complete meal in which all courses are included at one fixed price, as opposed to à 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.
- See honorable ordinary.
- Idioms in ordinary, in regular service:a physician in ordinary to the king.
- Idioms 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.
- Latin ordinārius regular, of the usual order, equivalent. to ordin- (see order) + -ārius -ary
- Middle English ordinarie (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) 1250–1300
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See common.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged regular, accustomed.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extraordinary, unusual.
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