ordinarily

Universal Words adverb 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.