normal

normal
adjective
1 not unusual in any way, but happening just as you would expect: normal working hours | it is normal for sb to do sth: In the West it's becoming quite normal for couples to live together before they are married. | back to normal: Train services are back to normal again after the strike. | above/below normal: The rainfall has been below normal for this time of year.
2 a normal person, especially a child, is physically and mentally healthy and does not behave strangely: a normal healthy baby | perfectly normal: He seems a perfectly normal little boy.
—compare abnormal

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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