as in usually
according to the usual course of things
ordinarily, I get off work at five, but this week I'm working late to meet a project deadline
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Recent Examples of ordinarily
The September jobs report would ordinarily help shed light on whether those trends continued into early fall.
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
The day had started ordinarily enough.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
There’s been a bluntness all season to the Hermits’ chats that ordinarily might grate on me.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
The nonchalant response stood in stark contrast to the panicked phone calls from neighbors who reported hearing gunshots on their ordinarily quiet street, the Internal Affairs investigative reports show.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
The day had started ordinarily enough.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
There’s been a bluntness all season to the Hermits’ chats that ordinarily might grate on me.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
The nonchalant response stood in stark contrast to the panicked phone calls from neighbors who reported hearing gunshots on their ordinarily quiet street, the Internal Affairs investigative reports show.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinarily
Adverb
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Phoenix on Halloween averages a high of 83 degrees and a low of 60, usually with no rain, according to the National Weather Service in Phoenix.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Shiina points out that Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho, which is Japan’s Oscars submission, stunned the industry by grossing $107m at the Japanese box office earlier this year, the kind of business usually only achieved by hot anime titles.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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The 189 passengers deplaned normally upon their return to Los Angeles and were put on another flight to Utah.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Interim coaches typically have an uphill battle to remain the head coach long-term.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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The beans are typically piled in wooden boxes or baskets, in which bacteria and fungi break down the beans’ pulpy coating, producing chemicals that generate flavor precursors within the beans.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Ordinarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinarily. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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