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Definitions of ordinarily:

Ordinary seaman, one not expert or fully skilled; an inferior seaman; in ordinary, in constant service; statedly attending and serving.

Usage examples for ordinarily:

• If he is ordinarily reasonable, the right course is to do neither, but let things take their own way. "A New Atmosphere", Gail Hamilton

• Ordinarily this would have been understood as a mutual declaration of war. "The Puppet Crown", Harold MacGrath

• This is ordinarily measured by setting the fist on the handle and the thumb sticking upright, where it should touch the string. "Hunting with the Bow and Arrow", Saxton Pope

• Ordinarily Lady Tasker would have approved of the height of the privet hedge, which was seven or eight feet; that was a nice, reassuring, anti- social height for a hedge; but as it was she could not even put up her hand to the bell. "A Crooked Mile", Oliver Onions