ordinary

Universal Words adjective 1 [usuallybeforenoun] not unusual or different in any way: an ordinary sort of day * in the ordinary course of events * ordinary people like you and me * This was no ordinary meeting. -< NORMAL 2 (disapproving) having no unusual or interesting features: The meal was very ordinary. compareEXTRAORDINARY IDIOMS in the ordinary way (BrE) used to say what normally happens in a particular situation: In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person. out of the ordinary unusual or different: I'm looking for something a little more out of the ordinary. * His behaviour was nothing out of the ordinary (= not unusual).