Functional
Functional adjective - Being in effective operation.
Ordinary and functional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ordinary" instead an adjective "Functional".
Ordinary
Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Functional and ordinary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Functional" instead an adjective "Ordinary".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Their early reputation as Stosstruppen, assault troops, partly evolved from a lack of functional equipment for an ordinary firefight.
Source: With This Herring -
In the lovely juvenile novel Wings by Bill Britain, the main character is an Ordinary High School Student who inexplicably develops a huge pair of fully-functional bat-like wings.
Source: Ordinary High-School Student -
In the lovely juvenile novel Wings by Bill Brittain, the main character is an Ordinary High-School Student who inexplicably develops a huge pair of fully functional bat-like wings.
Source: Winged Humanoid
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