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ordinarily

/awr-dn-air-uh-lee, awr-dn-er-uh-lee/US // ˌɔr dnˈɛər ə li, ˈɔr dnˌɛr ə li //UK // (ˈɔːdənrɪlɪ, ˈɔːdəˌnɛrɪlɪ) //

平时,按理说,按说,平常

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : most of the time; generally; usually: Ordinarily he wakes at seven.
    • : in an unexceptional manner or fashion; modestly: a wealthy child who was dressed ordinarily.
    • : to the usual extent; reasonably: to expect someone to be ordinarily honest.

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Examples

  • Markets don’t ordinarily supply that kind of information in advance.

  • There were people caught up in the moment, he said, doing things they would not ordinarily do.

  • In Manhattan’s Times Square—ordinarily such a tourist draw that the Olive Garden location can charge $400 a head on New Year’s Eve—the police have erected barriers to keep people away.

  • In January, during the week when the annual meeting ordinarily convenes, the WEF is hosting a virtual summit called The Davos Agenda.

  • They saw secondhand clothing as a way to access both cheap goods and ones they ordinarily could not afford.

  • Ordinarily, you see punch-counterpunch-punch,” as the attacked party tries to fend off the intruder, the former official said.

  • Ordinarily, candidates have years to work out their global agendas in relative obscurity.

  • Not all of these allies would ordinarily be considered friends of America.

  • Ordinarily, a medical team might massage the heart an hour before giving up.

  • Ordinarily, that would make a run for House Majority Leader impossible.

  • The quality of artistic beauty in articulation is very important, beyond the mere accuracy which is ordinarily thought of.

  • It is ordinarily considered that the range of the speaking voice is very limited as compared with the singer's range.

  • Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.

  • Much more attention should be given than is ordinarily devoted to the consideration of rhythm.

  • Ordinarily, no attempt is made to identify any but the tubercle bacillus and the gonococcus.