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How to Pronounce "ordinarily"

word

/ˌɔɹdəˈnɛɹəɫi/
or-duh-NAIR-uh-lee
/ˌɔːdɪnˈɛɹəli/
aw-di-NAIR-uh-lee

Definition

Used to describe what usually happens or is true in most situations; in the normal course of things.

IPA Transcription

American English

/ˌɔɹdəˈnɛɹəɫi/

British English

/ˌɔːdɪnˈɛɹəli/

Simplified Pronunciation

US

or-duh-NAIR-uh-lee

UK

aw-di-NAIR-uh-lee

Listen in Context

Ordinarily, I wake up at 7 a.m.

Dogs ordinarily bark at strangers.

We ordinarily eat dinner at home.

It doesn’t ordinarily snow here in April.