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Or"di*na*ry (?), a. [L.
ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis, order: cf. F.
ordinaire. See Order.] 1.
According to established order; methodical; settled;
regular. "The ordinary forms of law."
Addison.

2. Common; customary; usual.
Shak.

Method is not less reguisite in ordinary
conversation that in writing.

3. Of common rank, quality, or ability; not
distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not
distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as,
men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.

An ordinary lad would have acquired little or
no useful knowledge in such a way.

Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not
expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able
seaman.

Syn. -- Normal; common; usual; customary. See
Normal. -- Ordinary, Common. A thing is
common in which many persons share or partake; as, a
common practice.


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