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ordinarily

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or·di·nar·i·ly  (ôrdn-âr-l, ôrdn-r-)
adv.
1. As a general rule; usually: ordinarily home by six.
2. In the commonplace or usual manner: ordinarily dressed pedestrians on the street.
3. To the usual extent or degree: an ordinarily small profit.

ordinarily [ˈɔːdənrɪlɪ ˈɔːdəˌnɛrɪlɪ]
adv
in ordinary, normal, or usual practice; usually; normally
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Adv.1.ordinarily - under normal conditions; "usually she was late"

ordinarily
adverb usually, generally, normally, commonly, regularly, routinely, in general, as a rule, habitually, customarily, in the usual way, as is usual, as is the custom, in the general run (of things) The streets would ordinarily have been full of people at this time.
rarely, occasionally, seldom, scarcely, infrequently, uncommonly, hardly ever
Translations
ordinarily [ɔːdɪˈnɛərɪlɪ] ADVpor lo común, generalmente
ordinarily [ˌɔːrdəˈnɛrɪli] adv (= normally) → d'ordinaire
The streets would ordinarily have been full of people. There was no one → D'ordinaire, les rues auraient été pleine de gens. Il n'y avait personne.
places where the patient does not ordinarily go → des lieux où le patient ne va pas d'ordinaire
I learned later that this room was ordinarily used by the doctor → J'ai appris plus tard que d'ordinaire la pièce était utilisée par le médecin.
students ordinarily resident in Scotland
BUT des étudiants résidant ordinairement en Écosse.
ordinarily
advnormalerweise, gewöhnlich; (+adj) → normal, wie gewöhnlich; more than ordinarily stupid/intelligentaußergewöhnlich dumm/intelligent
ordinarily [ˈɔːdnrɪlɪ] advnormalmente, di solito
ordinarily [ˈɔːdnrɪlɪ] advnormalmente, di solito


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They fancy that the monster to which these arms belonged ordinarily clings by them to the bed of the ocean; and that the sperm whale, unlike other species, is supplied with teeth in order to attack and tear it.
Thucydides, in quoting the "Hymn to Apollo", calls it PROOIMION, which ordinarily means a `prelude' chanted by a rhapsode before recitation of a lay from Homer, and such hymns as Nos.
And for him, living in a certain society--owing to the need, ordinarily developed at years of discretion, for some degree of mental activity--to have views was just as indispensable as to have a hat.
 
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