ordinariness

ordinariness: ordinary ► ADJECTIVE 1) with no distinctive features; normal or usual. 2) (of a judge, archbishop, or bishop) exercising authority by virtue of office and not by delegation.

► NOUN (pl. ordinaries) 1) (Ordinary) those parts of a Roman Catholic service, especially the Mass, which do not vary from day to day. 2) a rule or book laying down the order of divine service. 3) Heraldry any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms.

● out of the ordinary — Cf. ↑out of the ordinary

DERIVATIVES ordinarily adverb ordinariness noun.

ORIGIN Latin ordinarius 'orderly' , from ordo 'order' .

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ordinariness — index mediocrity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ordinariness — noun see ordinary II … New Collegiate Dictionary
ordinariness — See ordinary. * * * … Universalium
ordinariness — noun the quality or condition of being ordinary … Wiktionary
ordinariness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being usual: cus tomariness, habitualness, normalcy, normality, prevalence, regularity, routineness, usualness. See USUAL … English dictionary for students
ordinariness — É”rdnerÉªnÉªs / É”rdnrÉªnÉªs n. normality, regularity; state of being ordinary … English contemporary dictionary
ordinariness — or·di·nar·i·ness … English syllables
ordinariness — See: ordinary … English dictionary
ordinariness — noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary • Syn: ↑mundaneness, ↑mundanity • Ant: ↑extraordinariness • Derivationally related forms: ↑mundane (for: ↑mundanity … Useful english dictionary
ordinary — ordinariness, n. /awr dn er ee/, adj., n., pl. ordinaries. adj. 1. of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person. 2. plain or undistinguished: ordinary… … Universalium

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