ordinary

ordinary is a 8-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
2. adjective. Common; customary; usual.
3. adjective. Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
4. noun. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
5. noun. One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
6. noun. A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
7. noun. The mass; the common run.
8. noun. That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
9. noun. Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
10. noun. A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.
11. noun. A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.
12. noun. (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
13. noun. an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
14. noun. a judge of a probate court
15. noun. a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
16. noun. the expected or commonplace condition or situation

    "not out of the ordinary"

17. adjective. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

    "average people"

    "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

    Synonyms: average

18. adjective. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

    "ordinary everyday objects"

    "ordinary decency"

Synonyms

average

Common word forms

ordinarier, ordinaries, ordinarily, ordinariest

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