"ordinariness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ordinarinesses [plural]
Etymology: ordinary + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ordinary|ness}} ordinary + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ordinariness (countable and uncountable, plural ordinarinesses)
  1. The quality or condition of being ordinary. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: normaldom, normality, normalness Synonyms (usualness; normality; familiarity): normalcy Translations (quality of being ordinary): parastība [feminine] (Latvian), parastums [masculine] (Latvian), normālums [masculine] (Latvian), mundaneness [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-ordinariness-en-noun-aSo-yaTy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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