ordinarie
ordinarie is the obsolete spelling of ordinary.
Meaning of ordinary
Adjective
ordinary (comparative more ordinary, superlative most ordinary)
- Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
- Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
- On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.
- Synonyms:
- commonplace, plain, usual, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, common-and-garden, common-or-garden
- Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
- I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.
- Synonyms:
- lackluster, pedestrian, unexceptional, average, comme ci comme ça, crappy, moderate, decent, indifferent, meh
- Antonyms:
- extraordinary, special
- Bad or undesirable.
- It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480
Forms of ordinarie
| comparative | more ordinarie |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ordinarie |
Questions about ordinarie
- What is ordinarie the obsolete spelling of?
- Ordinarie is the obsolete spelling of ordinary.
Words near ordinarie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ordinarie (page history and authors); ordinary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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