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Ordinary
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Main form: ordinary, 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. typical, standard, average, routine, normal, expected
- Something mundane or boring, lacking in special qualities.
Opposite words: special, extraordinary
Derived words: Extraordinary
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