Ordinary and Towering

Ordinary

Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Towering is an antonym for ordinary.

Towering

Towering adjective - Extending to a great distance upward.

Ordinary is an antonym for towering in huge topic.

Nearby Words: tower, towered

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / Über Initially, the Tank Ubers are shown as being towering giants that dwarf ordinary humans, while the Battleships are even more gigantic, and the Heavies are colossal monsters as big as actual tanks.
  • Video Game / Halo 4 Palmer also displays this: In the ending the Chief is towering over her and she doesn't look much larger than ordinary humans, but in the first cutscene set on the bridge of the Infinity she's far closer to the Chief's height and obviously a lot bigger than Del Rio and Lasky.
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