1 in a normal way:
To the untrained eye, the children were behaving ordinarily.
2 used to say what normally happens in a particular situation, especially because sth different is happening this time:
Ordinarily, she wouldn't have bothered arguing with him. * We do not ordinarily carry out this type of work. * (technical) For tax purposes they were treated as ordinarily resident in the UK.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is ordinarily a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ordinarily is tagged as adverb.
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