/ˈɔːdnri/
Translation
Normal and not special or different in any way.
Word origin
From Latin ordinarius, meaning in the usual order, from ordo, an order or a row.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ordinarius
- English cognates
- order, ordinal
Examples
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"Ordinary" means nothing special happened.
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"Ordinary" here means like most other people.
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Here "ordinary" means fine but not good enough to remember.
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(1)Grammar articles
(17)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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