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Meaning of ordinary

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ordinary
      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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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