Synonyms of ordinarily

ordinarily

adverb

ˌȯr-də-ˈner-ə-lē 

as in usually

according to the usual course of things

ordinarily, I get off work at five, but this week I'm working late to meet a project deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• usually
• normally
• typically
• commonly
• generally
• as a rule
• of course
• naturally
• on the whole
• customarily
• needless to say
• routinely
• regularly
• habitually
• natch
• traditionally
• conventionally
• familiarly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unusually
• extraordinarily
• abnormally
• uncommonly
• peculiarly
• strangely
• oddly
• irregularly
• atypically
• weirdly
• untypically
• radically
• anomalously
• queerly
• funnily

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of ordinarily

The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular. —Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024

And even those who care about truth are ordinarily unwilling to risk or give that last full measure of devotion to defend it as Navalny was. —Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024

Watertight compartments made the ship extremely hard to sink; and Gibbs obsessively removed the flammable wood that ordinarily would have formed much of the ship's interior decor. —Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024

Not that Windows gamers are ignored by threat actors ordinarily, as a recent threat targeting Nvidia users demonstrated, but the Winos4.0 campaign is particularly complex and dangerous. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024