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# ordinarily

adverb (ordinarily)

«ordinarily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Usually; in the normal way: Ordinarily, I walk to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#m1)
2. In an ordinary, not special, way (less common). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk and stories it tells you what normally happens, often before something unusual: «Ordinarily the bus is on time, but today…». In formal exam voice it means «as a rule».

### Examples

- Ordinarily, the shop opens at nine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x1)
- I ordinarily walk to school, but today Dad drove me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x2)
- Ordinarily she is very quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x3)
- The river is ordinarily calm in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x4)
- Ordinarily, a cat sleeps most of the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x5)
- It was an ordinarily dressed man who won the prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x6)

### Note

Spelled with -ily (ordinary → ordinarily). Same as «usually», «normally», but a bit more formal. US stress: or-di-NAIR-i-ly; UK: OR-din-ri-ly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ordinarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ordinarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ordinarily.html) on Mova free.