Antonyms for ordinary

Grammar : Adj

Spell : awr-dn-er-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dnˌɛr i

Definition of ordinary

Origin : early 15c., "belonging to the usual order or course," from Old French ordinarie "ordinary, usual" and directly from Latin ordinarius "customary, regular, usual, orderly," from ordo (genitive ordinis) "order" (see order (n.)). Its various noun usages, dating to late 14c. and common until 19c., now largely extinct except in out of the ordinary (1893). In British education, Ordinary level (abbrev. O level), "lowest of the three levels of General Certificate of Education," is attested from 1947. Related: Ordinarily.

adj common, regular
adj average; not distinctive

Example sentences :

“And so I have,” said Randall with something of his ordinary humour.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Are they not sufficiently well paid to have the ordinary comforts of life?
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

But the ways of the police are not always those of ordinary decency.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

But, in spite of these ordinary defects, he was fond of his work and wishful to excel in it.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

At least, she had kept him from the outrageous folly of an ordinary burglary.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The construction of the furnaces is of the ordinary French pattern.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various

Now, this is not the ordinary man's experience of passion and its effects.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

There is nothing to show that the stauros used was other than an ordinary stauros.
Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons

Of course the recovered indigo may be used in the ordinary manner.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

And as for the angels and saints, they are the ordinary companions of men.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for ordinary

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