If you say what is ordinarily the case, you are saying what is normally the case.
The streets would ordinarily have been full of people. There was no one.
Similar arrangements apply to students who are ordinarily resident in Scotland.
...places where the patient does not ordinarily go.
Synonyms: usually, generally, normally, commonly More Synonyms of ordinarily
ordinarily in British English
(ˈɔːdənrɪlɪ, ˈɔːdəˌnɛrɪlɪ)
adverb
in ordinary, normal, or usual practice; usually; normally
ordinarily in American English
(ˌɔrdənˈɛrəli)
adverb
1.
usually; as a rule
2.
in an ordinary manner or to an ordinary degree
Examples of 'ordinarily' in a sentence
ordinarily
And that ordinarily requires a formal complaint and a credible suspicion that something illegal - and not just unethical - has occurred.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These are things that ordinarily you take for granted.
The Sun (2015)
Let them take you deeper than you'd ordinarily go.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The appearance of his wife was as would ordinarily be expected of a person in hospital in the circumstances in which she found herself.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Court noted that negligence is "the lack of due care or failure to do what a reasonable and ordinarily prudent person would do under the circumstances.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
ordinarily
British English: ordinarily ADVERB
If you say what is ordinarily the case, you are saying what is normally the case.
The streets would ordinarily have been full of people, but now they were empty.
American English: ordinarily
Brazilian Portuguese: normalmente
Chinese: 通常地
European Spanish: por lo común
French: normalement
German: normalerweise
Italian: di solito
Japanese: 通常
Korean: 평상시에
European Portuguese: normalmente
Latin American Spanish: por lo común
(adverb)
Definition
in ordinary or usual practice
The streets would ordinarily have been full of people at this time.
Synonyms
usually
The best information about hotels usually comes from friends.
generally
We generally say and feel too much about these things.
normally
Normally, the transportation system carries a million passengers a day.
commonly
regularly
routinely
in general
as a rule
As a rule, these tourists take far too many souvenirs with them.
habitually
customarily
Marriages in medieval Europe were customarily arranged by the families.
in the usual way
as is usual
as is the custom
in the general run (of things)
Opposites
rarely
,
occasionally
,
seldom
,
scarcely
,
infrequently
,
uncommonly
,
hardly ever
Additional synonyms
in the sense of as a rule
Definition
usually
As a rule, these tourists take far too many souvenirs with them.
Synonyms
usually,
generally,
mainly,
normally,
on the whole,
for the most part,
ordinarily,
customarily
in the sense of customarily
Marriages in medieval Europe were customarily arranged by the families.
Synonyms
usually,
generally,
commonly,
regularly,
normally,
traditionally,
ordinarily,
habitually,
in the ordinary way,
as a rule
in the sense of generally
Definition
usually
We generally say and feel too much about these things.