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How to pronounce “ordinary”
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Pronunciation guide for ordinary
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ordinary with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
We talked about really ordinary things.
- Definition summary
- A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
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How to pronounce ordinary
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

We talked about really ordinary things.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ordinary”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
- Something ordinary or regular.
- A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.
- [Adjective]
- (law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
- Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
- Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable.
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