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adjective, noun, plural -nar⋅ies.| 1. | of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person. |
| 2. | plain or undistinguished: ordinary clothes. |
| 3. | somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre. |
| 4. | customary; usual; normal: We plan to do the ordinary things this weekend. |
| 5. | Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. common, vulgar, or disreputable. |
| 6. | (of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with something that is delegated. |
| 7. | (of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class. |
| 8. | the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.: ability far above the ordinary. |
| 9. | something regular, customary, or usual. |
| 10. | Ecclesiastical.
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| 11. | History/Historical. a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. |
| 12. | English Ecclesiastical Law. a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority. |
| 13. | (in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate. |
| 14. | British. (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. |
| 15. | a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all guests and customers the same standard meal or fare. |
| 16. | a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind. |
| 17. | Heraldry.
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| 18. | in ordinary, in regular service: a physician in ordinary to the king. |
| 19. | out of the ordinary,
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