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Ordinary

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Similar meaning 30

Average 84% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Average 84% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Characterless 84% connected

Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.

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Characterless 84% connected

Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Commonplace 84% connected

Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.

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Commonplace 84% connected

Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.

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Everyday 84% connected

Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.

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Everyday 84% connected

Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Indifferent 84% connected

Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without signif…

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Indifferent 84% connected

Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without signif…

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Mediocre 84% connected

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Mediocre 84% connected

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Middling 84% connected

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

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Middling 84% connected

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

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Mundane 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.

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Mundane 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.

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Nondescript 84% connected

Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

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Nondescript 84% connected

Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

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Quotidian 84% connected

Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

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Quotidian 84% connected

Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

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Routine 84% connected

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

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Routine 84% connected

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

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So-so 84% connected

Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.

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So-so 84% connected

Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.

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Workaday 84% connected

See Workyday.

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Workaday 84% connected

See Workyday.

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Bearing 76% connected

of Bear

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Bicycle 76% connected

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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Bike 76% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Cycle 76% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Jurist 76% connected

One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.

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Justice 76% connected

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practi…

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Reverend 76% connected

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

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Wheel 76% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Bend 76% connected

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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Fess 76% connected

Alt. of Fesse

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Fesse 76% connected

A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.

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See also 4

Common 66% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Common 66% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Usual 66% connected

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

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Usual 66% connected

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

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Synonym 1

Average 92% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Antonym 2

Extraordinary 94% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Extraordinary 94% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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