as in mundanity
the quality or state of being ordinary
He was a cheerful person who took pleasure even in the ordinariness of everyday life.
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Recent Examples of ordinariness
There is something about that ordinariness that is extraordinary.
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Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinariness
mundanity
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None of the ensemble really bursts out, grounded down by the mundanity of the approach, which has to be by design.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Breaking up the mundanity and chaos of any day by disappearing into a Broadway performance is always a good move.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Ordinariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinariness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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