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# ordinary

adjective; noun (out of the ordinary)

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

## Everyday

1. Ordinary means normal, usual or plain; not special or different. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#m1)
2. «Out of the ordinary» means unusual or surprising. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories ordinary people or ordinary days are often where adventures begin; in maths, ordinary numbers may be contrasted with special ones. Phrases: «an ordinary day», «ordinary people», «out of the ordinary», «nothing out of the ordinary».

### Examples

- It was just an ordinary day at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x1)
- She seemed like an ordinary girl, but she had a secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x2)
- Ordinary pencils are fine for the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x3)
- Nothing out of the ordinary happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x4)
- The magic shop looked ordinary from the outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x5)
- Ordinary people can do great things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x6)
- It was no ordinary cat — it could talk! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x7)
- But this was no ordinary centipede. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinary/#x8)

### Note

Adverb: ordinarily (usually). Opposite: extraordinary, special, unusual. Spelling trap: ordin-ary (not ordinery). Trap: «extraordinary» means very special, not «extra ordinary».

## In Jewish tradition

In stories ordinary people or ordinary days are often where adventures begin; in maths, ordinary numbers may be contrasted with special ones. Phrases: «an ordinary day», «ordinary people», «out of the ordinary», «nothing out of the ordinary».

### Examples

- astronomy, etc.; for ordinary purposes there was a decimal system of notation, without tiie principle of position. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinary/#x1)

### Note

Adverb: ordinarily (usually). Opposite: extraordinary, special, unusual. Spelling trap: ordin-ary (not ordinery). Trap: «extraordinary» means very special, not «extra ordinary».

## On Mova

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