ordinary
a judge of a probate court
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,422 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,891 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a judge of a probate court
- the expected or commonplace condition or situation not out of the ordinary
- a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
- an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel also: ordinary bicycle
- (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
adjective
- not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree ordinary everyday objectsordinary decency
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered also: average average peoplethe ordinary (or common) man in the street
ordinary in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No necessity to deal through an ordinary stockbroker.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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You see, they'd be a little smaller than his ordinary shoes.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Her name, they say, was Adelais, but people by ordinary called her Dame Lisa.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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The room, which was an ordinary and neatly appointed office, appeared, at the first glance, to be empty.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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The ice was broken into thousands of confused shapes, but none, Hans thought like the ordinary forms of splintered ice.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1