ordinary
A2Frequent NGSL-2UK /ˈɔːdnri/US /ˈɔːrdneri/
Meaning
adjective
not unusual or different in any way
“an ordinary sort of day”
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“I spent a very happy childhood there, and I was just an ordinary boy.”
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“Ordinary people, whose personal well-being and security are assured, join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know and will never meet.”
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“Here was a woman, part of the ordinary masses of Nigerians, who were not supposed to be readers.”
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