3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

ordinarily

adverb: under normal conditions; "usually she was late" [syn: {normally}, {usually}, {unremarkably}, {commonly}] [ant: {unusually}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Ordinarily \Or"di*na*ri*ly\, adverb According to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe.

Those who ordinarily pride themselves not a little upon their penetration. --I. Taylor.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "ordinarily": again and again, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, commonplacely, customarily, frequently, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in general, in many instances, mainly, many a time, many times, matter-of-factly, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, on balance, on the whole, overall, plainly, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, prosaically, regularly, repeatedly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, simply, speaking generally, to be expected, typically, unseldom, usually, whenever you wish

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