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Definitions of ordinarily:
part of speech: adverb
Ordinary seaman, one not expert or fully skilled; an inferior seaman; in ordinary, in constant service; statedly attending and serving.
Usage examples for ordinarily:
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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