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(adj)
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
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Ordinary; not new.
Regular; habitual.
Suitable for everyday use.
Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.
(figurative) Ordinary; not special.
Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
Happening every day; daily.
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
(n)
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
Ignorable; of little significance or value.
Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.
Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
Lacking in or devoid of personality.
Not exceptional.
Not remarkable.
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
not special in any way
(informal) Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
The office of a Roman Catholic ordinary, especially a bishop.
(chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
(music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Exhibiting timeless quality and excellence.
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
United, combined
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
Existing in nature.
Having the same relationship, each to each other.
Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)
Normal, average; to be expected.
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
Most commonly occurring; typical.
Suitable.
Widespread or preferred.
Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
(pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
(adv)
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
Neat and tidy; possessing order.
(with a superlative adjective) Beyond all others.
That occurs every day, or at least every working day.
Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
Belonging or pertaining to the rank and file.
Being the normal or standard size for its type.
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
(physics, mathematics) Unit representation of wavelength.
Requiring little skill or effort.
(chiefly US, Canada) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.
Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
Done or occurring often; common.
Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
Recurring; happening time after time.
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
Not excessive; acting in moderation
Easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty.
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
(focus) Merely; solely.
Simple, unaltered.
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Not usual, out of the ordinary.
Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
Existing or occurring at the moment.
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
Boring and unoriginal.
Of a loan or guarantee, without collateral.
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.
The International Chess Federation.
Forming the most important or essential part.
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
Not ordinary.
(main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
The property or state of being extraordinary.
(uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.