Ordinary and Remarkable

Ordinary

Ordinary adjective - Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.
Usage example: ordinary decency

Remarkable is an antonym for ordinary in topics: common, average.

Remarkable

Remarkable adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.
Usage example: one participant in the race had a remarkable walk that was half-run, half-skip

Ordinary is an antonym for remarkable in extraordinary topic.

Nearby Words: remark, remarkably, remarked, remarking

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Russia House Not So Different: The crux of the story is that ordinary people of the USSR and the West are remarkable similar.
  • Webcomic / Something*Positive Also Davan, a fairly ordinary-looking guy who is initially considered unutterably hideous by a remarkable number of people.
  • Anime / Rolling Girls Ordinary High-School Student: Nozomi isn't remarkable in any particular manner, something her mother and her report card Lampshade in the first episode.
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