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Ordinarily, we read after lunch.
What does Ordinarily mean?
Ordinarily means usually or normally.
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Usually or in the normal way.
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The path is ordinarily quiet in the morning.
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The paragraph used ordinarily to show what happens most of the time before the unusual event begins.
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Usually is close in meaning to ordinarily.
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MeaningOrdinarily means usually or normally.
ExampleExample: Ordinarily, we read after lunch.
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- or · duh · nair · uh · lee
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- nair
- Ending
- lee
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- Put a little extra energy on nair.
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rarelyUse for what does not happen often.
unusuallyUse for something outside the normal pattern.
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ordinarily
adjective
ordinary
Normal or not unusual.
noun
ordinaryness
The quality of being ordinary.
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