ordinariness

or·di·nar·y

 (ôr′dn-ĕr′ē)

adj.

1. Commonly encountered; usual: an ordinary delay at the bridge tolls. See Synonyms at common.

2.

a. Having no special ability, quality, or purpose: ordinary people; ordinary black tea.

b. Not particularly good; not better than average: The service was good, but the food was very ordinary.

3. Law Having direct authority to decide a case, rather than being delegated that power, as a judge.

4. Mathematics Designating a differential equation containing no more than one independent variable.

n. pl. or·di·nar·ies

1. The usual or normal condition or course of events: Nothing out of the ordinary occurred.

2. Law A judge with direct authority as opposed to delegated authority to decide a case.

3. often Ordinary Ecclesiastical

a. The parts of the Mass that remain unchanged from day to day.

b. A division of the Roman Breviary containing the unchangeable parts of the office other than the Psalms.

c. A cleric, such as the residential bishop of a diocese, with ordinary jurisdiction over a specified territory.

4. Heraldry One of the simplest and commonest charges, such as the bend and the cross.

5. Chiefly British

a. A complete meal provided at a fixed price.

b. A tavern or inn providing such a meal.

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[Middle English ordinarie, from Old French, from Latin ōrdinārius, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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or′di·nar′i·ness n.

ordinariness

(ˈɔːdɪnərɪnɪs)

n

the state of being ordinary

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ordinariness - the quality of being commonplace and ordinary mundaneness, mundanity quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare mediocrity, averageness - ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding expectedness - ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising commonplaceness, everydayness, commonness - ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace extraordinariness - the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered

ordinariness

noun

The quality or condition of being usual:

customariness, habitualness, normalcy, normality, prevalence, regularity, routineness, usualness.