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/gahr"dn veuh ruy'i tee/, adj.common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.[1925-30]
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Garden Variety — may refer to:*Garden variety denotes something as ordinary or standard, particularly plants which are common (rather than hybrid).Sometimes hyphenated: garden variety *Garden Variety (band), a 1990s U.S. rock band … Wikipedia
garden-variety — [gärd′ n və rī′ə tē] adj. [see GARDEN, adj. 2a] ordinary; commonplace [a garden variety novelist] … English World dictionary
garden-variety — garden va.riety adj [only before noun] especially AmE very ordinary and not very interesting ▪ This is not one of your garden variety cases of fraud … Dictionary of contemporary English
garden-variety — garden va,riety adjective only before noun AMERICAN ordinary and not very interesting: We saw a show when we were in New York but it was nothing special just your garden variety musical … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
garden-variety — ► ADJECTIVE N. Amer. ▪ of the usual or ordinary type; commonplace … English terms dictionary
garden-variety — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : garden III 2b * * * adj, always used before a noun US : not unusual : ordinary or common He doesn t have the flu–just a garden variety cold. The movie is a garden variety thriller. * * * ˈgarden variety f7… … Useful english dictionary
garden variety — adjective Ordinary, common, or unexceptional. I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids. Syn: bog standard, everyday, normal, plain vanilla, standard issue, common or garden, common or ga … Wiktionary
garden-variety — ADJ: usu ADJ n You can use garden variety to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way. [mainly AM] The experiment itself is garden variety science. (in BRIT, usually use common or garden) … English dictionary
garden-variety — American & Australian very ordinary. It s just a garden variety shopping mall, large but not special in any way. (always before noun) … New idioms dictionary
garden-variety — adjective (only before noun) AmE very ordinary and not very interesting: He s just one of your garden variety singers … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Garden Variety (band) — Garden Variety was an American rock band active in the 1990s. During their time together, the band created two LPs (a self titled album in 1993 and Knocking the Skill Level in 1994) and several 7 singles between 1991 1996. The band broke up in… … Wikipedia
