Meanings
plural ordinarinesses
- countableuncountableThe quality or condition of being ordinary.
The only extraordinary thing in fact about his recreations was their ordinariness.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
What links the kids in most of these games is their relative ordinariness, forcing us to face their perils without special powers.
2019 May 8, Jon Bailes, “Save yourself! The video games casting us as helpless children”, in The GuardianSynonyms: normalcy, normaldom, normality, normalness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or condition of being ordinary.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being commonplace and ordinary
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Latvian parastība, parastums
- parastībaquality of being ordinary
- parastumsquality of being ordinary
- normālumsquality of being ordinary
Polish mundaneness
- mundanenessquality of being ordinary
Cite this entry
ordinariness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordinariness
“ordinariness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordinariness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ordinariness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordinariness.
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