ENGLISH: ordinary - CREOLE: banal



Overview of noun ordinary



The noun ordinary has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (3) ordinary -- (a judge of a probate court)

2. (1) ordinary -- (the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary")

3. ordinary -- (a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death)

4. ordinary, ordinary bicycle -- (an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel)

5. ordinary -- ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)



Overview of adj ordinary



The adj ordinary has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (38) ordinary -- (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine")

2. (4) average, ordinary -- (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street")

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