The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. From LearnThat.org.
ordinary everyday objects. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Not out of the ordinary. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Thus in the slogan ˜Back to ordinary language™, ˜ordinary™ may be contrasted with. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert Ryle] Reference
And what I would see are people involved in "ordinary" lives, which, for me, are extraordinary. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Elizabeth Berg about Open House] Reference
Something completely ordinary is not scary at all. From Wordnik.com. [From the weather to your kid’s IQ.] Reference
Shanghai can be a surreal place to visit in ordinary times. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Wasserstrom: California Dreamin' at China's World's Fair] Reference
Something completely out of the ordinary is not scary at all. From Wordnik.com. [From the weather to your kid’s IQ.] Reference
This therefore will not justify such precipitation in ordinary cases. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The fact is in ordinary parlance, an unpaid advisory position can be called ajob. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Cover-Up — Sestak Edition] Reference
Soon I found myself using expressions like "Bloody oath!" in ordinary conversation. From Wordnik.com. [HERE'S BEATRICE [AND DENI]] Reference
"I should think living on bread and milk might help that, in ordinary," said Rufus. From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
(Isa 19: 7). man's pen -- that is, in ordinary characters which the humblest can read. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The river about Jericho is, in ordinary appearance, about fifty or sixty yards in breadth. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Actual people who speak like that in ordinary conversation are rarer than California condors. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Cover-Up — Sestak Edition] Reference
Mr. Carleton's part was rather reserved and grave, according to his manner in ordinary society. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
I fancy his piquette, as they call the ordinary white wine of the country, had been too much for him. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
QUESTION IX: In what way can the dramatic method of story-telling be used in ordinary class teaching?. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of the Story-Teller] Reference
Her stories, by removing you from ordinary literary experience, place you more deeply in ordinary life. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
Hamilton was a quiet fellow enough in ordinary; but now nobody was more ready for all the life of the play. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
Snowshoe work, under such conditions, called for the use of muscles other than those used in ordinary walking. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter V] Reference
The player would talk to the characters — in ordinary English, input with a keyboard rather than a joystick. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Lies, and Videogames] Reference
This separation was in ordinary cases temporary and voluntary: only Samson (Jud 13: 7), Samuel (1Sa 1: 11), and. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
They cost eighty-five dollars, i.e. nearly £16: in ordinary times the price would be less than half that amount. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
LIM: Young defectors often get teased in ordinary schools because of their northern accents and lack of education. From Wordnik.com. [School Offers Life Lessons To North Korean Defectors] Reference
After "passing the time of day," as they call the ordinary polite greetings, I asked each: "How much have you cut?". From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Rice Planter] Reference
Do you think this is correct, or should it be the other way around, extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances?. From Wordnik.com. [A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You by Amy Bloom: Questions] Reference
Now if we had taken office in ordinary times, I would have liked nothing more than to start bringing down the deficit. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Open Thread (Blog for Democracy)] Reference
Rugs covered the floor around the sides, and boxes were piled high, giving an air of affluence not found in ordinary tents. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
I underlined the word ordinary, and added a postscript in which I expressly refused to act on the committee even if elected. From Wordnik.com. [Lalage's Lovers] Reference
Like Pierce, he was a lawyer, and in ordinary times might have made a good President and have left an honoured name behind him. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Frost will not reach them for a long time here, and in ordinary seasons they need not be stirred before the middle of November. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
Then we say that such children are quiet and good; external discipline, so eagerly sought after in ordinary schools is more than achieved. From Wordnik.com. [The Montessori Method] Reference
What we call the ordinary self is that small part of the deeper Self that the waking consciousness is able to assimilate in a given moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Self: A Unifying Center, By Roberto Assagioli] Reference
I say the purpose of confinement, because in ordinary criminal procedure confinement comes first and is the basis for punishment or reform. From Wordnik.com. [Prison Cruelty] Reference
The bank and post-office are open places on the ground floor with about as much comfort and style as is found in ordinary wharf warehouses. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference
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