Ordinary - Definition

adj 1: 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"
[ant: extraordinary]
2: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly
encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man
in the street" [syn: average, ordinary]
n 1: a judge of a probate court
2: the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out
of the ordinary"
3: a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for
death
4: an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back
wheel [syn: ordinary, ordinary bicycle]
5: (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on
shields