1. Standard, conventional, or usual procedures or techniques commonly used to accomplish a task or solve a problem
The company decided to abandon ordinary methods and try a new approach to marketing.
A empresa decidiu abandonar os métodos ordinários e tentar uma nova abordagem de marketing.
2. Regular or conventional ways of doing something, as opposed to exceptional or extraordinary means
By ordinary methods alone, it would take years to complete this project.
Apenas com métodos ordinários, levaria anos para concluir este projeto.