in ordinary Definition

ordinary
adj

1. Of the usual everyday kind; unexceptional.

Thesaurus: average, common, usual, customary, everyday, traditional, popular, conventional, normal; Antonym: extraordinary, odd, special, unusual.
2. Plain; uninteresting.
3a. law.
Said of a judge or jurisdiction: by virtue of office, not by deputation;
3b. law.
Said of a judge in Scotland: belonging to the Outer House of the Court of Session.
4. commerce.
Said of shares or stock, etc: forming part of the common stock, entitling holders to receive a dividend from the net profits.

noun ordinaries

1. law.
A judge of ecclesiastical or other causes who acts in his own right, such as a bishop or his deputy.
2a. RC Church.
Those parts of the Mass which do not vary from day to day;
Form: Ordinary
2b. RC Church.
A rule that prescribes or book that contains the form of divine service, especially the Mass.
Form: Ordinary
3. historical
A penny-farthing bicycle.
4a. heraldry.
One of a class of armorial charges of a simple, common or conventional kind;
4b. heraldry.
A reference book of heraldic charges.

Derivative: ordinarily
adverb

In the normal course of events; usually; normally.
Thesaurus: generally, commonly, customarily, normally, usually, habitually, as a rule, regularly, frequently.

Derivative: ordinariness
noun

Idiom: in ordinary

Especially in titles, etc: in regular and customary attendance.

Idiom: in the ordinary way

If things are as normal; usually.

Idiom: out of the ordinary

Unusual; strange.
Thesaurus: uncommon, special, extraordinary, odd.

Etymology: 16c as adj; 13c in some noun senses: from Latin ordinarius orderly, usual, from ordo order.