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rule of thumb
noun as in informal guiding principle
Strongest match
Weak matches
Example Sentences
It is servility to rule-of-thumb criteria, and a dullness of perception, a timidity in acceptance.
Accurate knowledge is a good thing, but rule-of-thumb experience is often thought to be better.
With such a rule-of-thumb reckoning, you are likely to remain as much in the dark as before.
The knowledge of human nature thus evoked is in no sense science, it is a mere rule-of-thumb affair, a thin mechanical empiricism.
So he's a pretty good rule-of-thumb astrogator, too, and we're computing every element of the flight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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