ordinarily

«ordinarily» in Mova's school dictionary: Usually; in the normal way: Ordinarily, I walk to school — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (ordinarily)

meaning for a pupil

1) Usually; in the normal way: Ordinarily, I walk to school. tree →

2) In an ordinary, not special, way (less common). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories it tells you what normally happens, often before something unusual: «Ordinarily the bus is on time, but today…». In formal exam voice it means «as a rule».

examples

• Ordinarily, the shop opens at nine. tree →
• I ordinarily walk to school, but today Dad drove me. tree →
• Ordinarily she is very quiet. tree →
• The river is ordinarily calm in summer. tree →
• Ordinarily, a cat sleeps most of the day. tree →
• It was an ordinarily dressed man who won the prize. tree →

note

Spelled with -ily (ordinary → ordinarily). Same as «usually», «normally», but a bit more formal. US stress: or-di-NAIR-i-ly; UK: OR-din-ri-ly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ordinarily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.