Ordinary vs Classic - What's the difference?
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Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases .
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
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* (Joseph Addison), 1741, The Works of the Late Honourable Joseph Addison, E?q. , Volume 3,
*:Method is not le?s requi?ite in ordinary conver?ation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make him?elf under?tood.
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory .
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*, "Samuel Johnson," in 1871, Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan, editor), The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete , Volume 7,
*:An ordinary' lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way: but much that was dull to ' ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
Bad or undesirable.
*1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats'', ''The Age'', republished 2003, David Headon (editor), ''The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection ,
*:It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.
*1961', Joanna White, quoted in '''2005 , A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, ''Ten Pound Poms: Australia?s Invisible Migrants ,
*:For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I?d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn?t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities.
*2007 , Chris Viner-Smith, Australia?s Forgotten Frontier: The Unsung Police Who Held Our PNG Front Line ,
*:Everyone started making suggestions as to what to do but they were all pretty ordinary ideas such as lighting a fire and hope someone would see the smoke and come to rescue us and so on.
*2010 , Mal Bryce, Australia's First Online Community Ipswich Queensland ,
*:Since the general public gained access to the Internet in 1993-4, firstly by narrowband dial-up access and since 1998 by very ordinary , so-called broadband speeds (generally less than 1 Mbps), a social and cultural revolution has been underway.
(obsolete) A devotional manual.
(Christianity) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
(obsolete) A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment.
A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.
*, II.2.4, 1847,
* 1712 , (Jonathan Swift), A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'', ''The Works of Jonathan Swift , Volume 2,
* (rfdate) Bancroft, 1899, Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (editors), The Universal Anthology ,
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p.1,
(heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
An ordinary thing or person; the mass; the common run.
* 1622 , (William Shakespeare), As You Like It'', Act 3, Scene 5, 1800, ''The Plays of William Shakspeare , Volume 8,
* (Francis Bacon), quoted in 1773, (Samuel Johnson), A Dictionnary of the English Language ,
* (rfdate) Walter Scott
(historical) A penny-farthing bicycle.
Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
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* (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
Exemplary of a particular style.
Exhibiting timeless quality.
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, title= Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
* (Felicia Hemans) (1804-1864)
(euphemistic) Traditional; original.
A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
An artistic work of lasting worth
The author of such a work.
* Macaulay
A major, long-standing sporting event
(dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.
Ordinary is a related term of classic.
As nouns the difference between ordinary and classic
is that ordinary is the part of the roman catholic mass that is the same every day while classic is a perfect and/or early example of a particular style.As an adjective classic is
of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.ordinary
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Antonyms
* (having no special characteristics) extraordinary, specialDerived terms
* ordinarily, ordinariness * ordinary differential equation, ordinary number, ordinary seamanNoun
(ordinaries)page 315,
- We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad?as at an ordinary with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop.
page 288,
- Thus furnished, they come up to town, reckon all their errors for accomplishments, borrow the newest set of phrases ; and if they take a pen into their hands, all the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary , are produced as flowers of style.
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- He enjoyed a perpetual port duty of fourteen pence a ton, on vessels not owned in the province, yielding not far from five thousand dollars a year; and he exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries .
- it hath been usual with the honest and well-meaning host to provide a bill of fare which all persons may peruse at their first entrance into the house; and having thence acquainted themselves with the entertainment which they may expect, may either stay and regale with what is provided for them, or may depart to some other ordinary better accommodated to their taste.
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- I ?ee no more in you than in the ordinary / Of nature's ?alework.
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- Spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary ; now they have coupled therewith the extraordinary of the Valtoline and Palatinate.
- water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plough socks, and other ordinaries
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* classick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
- Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.
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Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}
- Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.
Synonyms
* classicalNoun
(en noun)- Raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic .