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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
Adverb
in ordinary 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) << OPPOSITE seldom
Translations
ordinarily [ˈɔːdnrɪlɪ] advpor lo común
ordinarily [ˈɔːdnrɪlɪ] advnormalerweise


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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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