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"ordinary" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often unremarkable (12 letters).
Definitions
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
Used in a sentence
“I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary.”
“He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him.”
“In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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