ordinary
[ awr-dn-er-ee ]
/ ˈɔr dnˌɛr i /
adjective
noun, plural or·di·nar·ies.
Idioms for 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.
in ordinary,
in regular service: a physician in ordinary to the king.
out of the ordinary,
Origin of ordinary
ANTONYMS FOR ordinary
synonym study for ordinary
3. See
common.
OTHER WORDS FROM ordinary
or·di·nar·i·ness, noun qua·si-or·di·nar·y, adjective su·per·or·di·nar·y, adjective un·or·di·nar·y, adjectiveWords nearby ordinary
Example sentences from the Web for unordinary
It was enough that he qualified as that all too unordinary social phenomenon, "an amusing person."
Linda Lee, Incorporated |Louis Joseph VanceIt was a six-legged, striped, catlike beast, not unordinary as interplanetary animals go.
The World with a Thousand Moons |Edmond Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for unordinary
ordinary
/ (ˈɔːdənrɪ) /
adjective
noun plural -naries
Word Origin for ordinary
C16: (adj) and C13: (some n senses): ultimately from Latin
ordinārius orderly, from
ordō order
Idioms and Phrases with unordinary
ordinary
see out of the ordinary.