in the ordinary way

in the ordinary way

1. In the normal, standard, or typical fashion or means. The issue will have to work its way through the courts in the ordinary way before the Supreme Court will consider the case.
2. As usual; as to be expected. We told him to be there at 9 PM on the dot, but, in the ordinary way, he showed up about 15 minutes late.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in the ordinary ˈway

(British English) used to say what normally happens in a particular situation: In the ordinary way, she’s not a nervous person.
See also: ordinary, way
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See also:
  • just another day
  • be par for the course
  • the boy next door
  • the girl/boy next door
  • Joe Average
  • business as usual
  • it's business as usual
  • at (something's) lowest ebb
  • ebb
  • Joe Bloggs