ordinary

Definition for ordinary

adjective as in common, regular

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everyday, natural, normal, traditional, typical

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familiar, general, humdrum, public, routine, standard, stock

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accustomed, customary, established, frequent, grassroots, habitual, popular, prevailing, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, settled, usual, wonted

adjective as in average; not distinctive

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common, conventional, dull, generic, humble, mediocre, normal, plain, simple, unremarkable, workaday

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commonplace, fair, familiar, garden, homespun, household, inferior, mean, pedestrian, plastic, routine, vanilla

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characterless, garden variety, habitual, indifferent, modest, no great shakes, prosaic, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, usual, white-bread

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Put alongside proposed savings of £47bn, the Conservatives think this amounts to claiming back the mantle of economic responsibility in a way that ordinary households can notice.

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"He was just a straightforward, ordinary lad, nothing would stand out to make you think he was."

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In her speech, Reeves will also set out her belief in a "Britain based on opportunity", where "ordinary kids can flourish, unhindered by their background".

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In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root.

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"It would be disheartening if the removal of alleged fugitives to Britain put ordinary citizens at increased risk of being sent the other way," she added.

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