ordinary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

   ordinary everyday objects

2. 2
   noun

   in heraldry, any of several conventional figures used on shields

   That's an impressive ordinary you found.

3. 3
   noun

   the expected or commonplace condition or situation

   not out of the ordinary

4. 4
   adj

   Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.

   On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.

5. 5
   adj

   Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.

   I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.

6. 6
   adj

   Bad or undesirable.

   1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480, It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.

7. 7
   adj

   lacking special distinction, rank, or status

8. 8
   noun

   an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).