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Adverb: ordinarily  ,or-du'ne-ru-lee [N. Amer], ,or-du'ne-ru-lee or or-d(u-)n(u-)ru-lee [Brit]
  1. Under normal conditions
    "ordinarily she was late";
    - normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly
     
  2. Most of the time; in most cases
    "ordinarily it doesn't rain much here";
    - by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly, in general, on the whole, typically, as a rule, usually, normally

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