ordinary point
Americannoun
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The conventional wisdom is that an ace is worth more than an ordinary point because a server can save energy, stay in rhythm and psychologically wound the opponent.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2014
Of course Madam Bradley was not demonstrative, nor even cordial, from any ordinary point of view, but from hers, and in the light of our knowledge of her, there was a tremendous difference.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
There seems to have been no reason for her divorce from the ordinary point of view; the marriage just simply didn't work.
From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean
But Fisher Ames wrote about that time: "Madison is become a desperate party leader, and I am not sure of his stopping at any ordinary point of extremity."
From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard
And I am bound to say it appeared a very pertinent one, from the ordinary point of view.
From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine
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