Clues for the word "ORDINARY"
We've had 30 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 37 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on February 26, 2025.
Definition of ordinary
- a. - According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
- a. - Common; customary; usual.
- a. - Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
- n. - An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
- n. - One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
- n. - A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
- n. - The mass; the common run.
- n. - That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
- n. - Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
- n. - A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.
- n. - A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.
Referring Clues
- Not worthy of comment
- Everyday
- Stock
- Run-of-the-mill
- Commonplace
- Prosaic
- So-so
- Plain
- Normal
- ____ People, 1980 Sutherland movie
- Typical
- Common
- Workaday
- Common-or-garden
- It's quite usual in heraldry
- Undistinguished
- Commonplace name for a penny-farthing
- Gold, gold coin unknown, a dime a dozen
- Common-or-garden salt(8,6)
- Turning dry air on is nothing special
- Unremarkable
- Plain old bicycle
- Golden record entered by new bishop
- Conventional piece of work, a book about the North
- Ring road, one not for pedestrian
- Common, everyday
- What kind of people won the Oscar for best picture in 1980?
- Common, unexceptional
- Currency unknown following gold standard
- But, when extra, it's surprising
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - February 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 26, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 15, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 09, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 16, 2017
- Mirror Quick - July 30, 2017
- Guardian Quick - June 22, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2017
- Universal - October 30, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 13, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 02, 2014
- Canadiana - September 22, 2014
- Guardian Quick - July 20, 2013
- Guardian Prize - June 08, 2013
- LA Times - April 16, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 20, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - September 09, 2009
- Guardian Quick - October 24, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - July 31, 2008
- Guardian Speedy - May 18, 2008
- New York Times - May 10, 2008
- Washington Post - April 27, 2007
- Guardian Quick - October 17, 2006
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