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Extraordinarily vs Ordinarily - What's the difference?

extraordinarily | ordinarily |

As adverbs the difference between extraordinarily and ordinarily

is that extraordinarily is in an extraordinary manner while ordinarily is (obsolete) in accordance with normal custom or routine; as a matter of established occurrence.

extraordinarily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an extraordinary manner.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}

    ordinarily

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In accordance with normal custom or routine; as a matter of established occurrence.
  • *, II.19:
    • It is ordinarily seene how good intentions, being managed without moderation, thrust men into most vicious effects.
  • Usually or as a general rule; commonly.
  • In the usual manner; unexceptionally.