ordinarily
advUK /ɔːdɪˈnæɹɪli/ · US /ɔɹdɪˈnɛɹɪli/
Etymology From ordinary + -ly.
1
Obsolete In accordance with normal custom or routine; as a matter of established occurrence.
- It is ordinarily seene how good intentions, being managed without moderation, thrust men into most vicious effects.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 19, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2
Usually or as a general rule; commonly.
- Ordinarily I go to the match on a Saturday.
- I'm ordinarily supportive of free speech, but this dispay is obnoxious.1980 December 27, John Zeh, quoting Ron Rucker, “Cincy Activists Protest Store's Violent Sex Wares”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 3:
3
In the usual manner; unexceptionally.
- The man was ordinarily dressed.
- Synonyms
- conventionally, customarily, traditionally, commonly, most of the time, routinely