ordinarily, adv.
(ˈɔːdɪnərɪlɪ)
[f. ordinary a. + -ly2.]
In an ordinary manner or degree.
† 1. In conformity with rule or established custom or practice; according to settled method; as a matter of regular practice or occurrence. Obs.
| 1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 588/2 As..god..calleth vpon al people both electes and reprobates to come to him, so doth he after both twaine..gone awaye by sinne againe, call ordinarily vpon them both of hys lyke mercy still. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 7 §2 The same ordinarye..shall..procede..ordinarylye or summarilye, accordynge to..the sayd ecclesiasticall lawes. 1695 Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iii. i. (1723) 135 Springs and Rivers..do [not] derive the Water, which they ordinarily refund, from Rains. |
2. In the ordinary or usual course of events or state of things; in most cases; usually, commonly.
| 1555 Eden Decades 176 We ought not to iudge of that whiche chaunceth seldome, but of that which happeneth most ordinarily. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) I. 169 In..Madrid..there are ordinarily 600,000 souls. 1691 T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 18 Of a more blew colour than Lead ordinarily is. 1712 J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 150 The Trees and Shrubs that are ordinarily made use of. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 432 The gates of Whitehall, which ordinarily stood open to all comers, were closed. |
3. In an ordinary degree; to the usual extent. Esp. in phr. more than ordinarily = unusually, exceptionally: cf. ordinary a. 3 c.
| 1697 Locke 2nd Vind. Reas. Chr. 255 If they were but ordinarily fair and prudent Men. 1709 Tatler No. 81 ¶1, I am more than ordinarily anxious to do Justice to the Persons. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind viii. 65 The ordinarily intelligent child, with a healthy appetite for books. |
4. In the ordinary way; as is normal or usual.
| 1831 Brewster Optics xviii. 161 Ray D G ordinarily refracted by the first rhomb will be extraordinarily refracted by the second. 1873 J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. II. Pref. 11 Materials..to be found in any ordinarily furnished library. |