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# ordinarily

«ordinarily» in Mova's school dictionary: **Usually; in the normal way: Ordinarily, I walk to school** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (ordinarily)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Usually; in the normal way: Ordinarily, I walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#m1)

2) In an ordinary, not special, way (less common). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories it tells you what normally happens, often before something unusual: «Ordinarily the bus is on time, but today…». In formal exam voice it means «as a rule».

### examples

- Ordinarily, the shop opens at nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x1)
- I ordinarily walk to school, but today Dad drove me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x2)
- Ordinarily she is very quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x3)
- The river is ordinarily calm in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x4)
- Ordinarily, a cat sleeps most of the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x5)
- It was an ordinarily dressed man who won the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/#x6)

### note

Spelled with -ily (ordinary → ordinarily). Same as «usually», «normally», but a bit more formal. US stress: or-di-NAIR-i-ly; UK: OR-din-ri-ly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ordinarily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinarily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.