ordinary

The definition of ordinary is something that is normal or common, that has no distinctive or unusual features.

(adjective)

When you just have a normal day, getting up, going to work and coming home, this is an example of a day that would be described as ordinary.

See ordinary in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. ordinaries

1. an official having jurisdiction within a specified area by right of the office he or she holds; esp., a bishop having such jurisdiction within his or her own diocese
2. ☆ in some states, a judge of probate
Brit.
1. a set meal served regularly at the same price
2. an inn, tavern, etc. where such meals are served
an early type of bicycle with one large wheel, and a smaller one behind
Eccles.
1. the form to be followed in a service
2. the parts of the Mass that are fixed or relatively unvarying; common
Heraldry any one of the basic heraldic devices, as bend, fess, etc.

Origin: OFr & ML: OFr ordinarie < ML(Ec) ordinarius < L, an overseer, orig., orderly, regular < ordo, order

adjective

customary; usual; regular; normal
1. familiar; unexceptional; common; average
2. relatively poor or inferior; below average
having immediate, not delegated, jurisdiction, as a judge

Origin: ME ordinarie < L ordinarius

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See ordinary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Commonly encountered; usual. See Synonyms at common.
a. Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality; average.
b. Of inferior quality; second-rate.
Having immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction, as a judge.
Mathematics Designating a differential equation containing no more than one independent variable.

noun pl. or·di·nar·ies

The usual or normal condition or course of events: Nothing out of the ordinary occurred.
Law
a. A judge or other official with immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction.
b. The judge of a probate court in some states of the United States.
often Ordinary Ecclesiastical
a. The part of the Mass that remains unchanged from day to day.
b. A division of the Roman Breviary containing the unchangeable parts of the office other than the Psalms.
c. A cleric, such as the residential bishop of a diocese, with ordinary jurisdiction over a specified territory.
Heraldry One of the simplest and commonest charges, such as the bend and the cross.
Chiefly British
a. A complete meal provided at a fixed price.
b. A tavern or an inn providing such a meal.