Ordinary
[n] (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
[n] an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
[n] a judge of a probate court
[n] a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
[n] the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary"
[adj] lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
[adj] 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"
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Synonyms
average, banal, banausic, characterless, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, everyday, fair, indifferent, mediocre, middling, mundane, nondescript, ordinary bicycle, passable, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, so-so(p), to
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a la carte, accepted, accustomed, achievement, alerion, American plan, amicus curiae, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, assessor, Attic, average, azure, Babbittish, banal, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, barmaster, baseborn, bat