Ordinary

Main form: ordinary, word type::adjective. Used restrictively (restricting the subject) or emphatically (to emphasize the subject, without actually adding any detail). In sciences, typically used in a binary sense (something is either normal or is not normal), whereas in the social sciences and daily parlance, typically used to describe position on a wider scale.

Typical use:


 * Something customary, typical, expected, routine, or average. Similar::typical, Similar::standard, Similar::average, Similar::routine, Similar::normal, Similar::expected
 * Something mundane or boring, lacking in special qualities.

Opposite words: Opposite::special, Opposite::extraordinary

Derived words: Derived::Extraordinary