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 of ordinarily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hampton has refunded $85,000 in trip reservations during what’s usually the busy final month of the rafting season — when the region is decked out in autumn foliage that ordinarily draws legions of visitors. —Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024

Stephanie Shonekan is someone who ordinarily might be eyeing a top spot. —Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2024

Two assassination attempts on Trump are the type of black swan event that would ordinarily fuel a flood of goodwill for a candidate. —Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2024

After isolating the cells and growing them into colonies, the researchers tested them in diabetic mouse models with wounds that ordinarily wouldn’t heal or would take a long time to do so. —New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2024