by the book
prep_phraseDefinitions
In a manner which strictly adheres to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.
- As far as he is concerned, he umpired by the book.
In a manner which appears too studied, ritualized, and therefore artificial.
- Romeo: Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again. They kiss again. Juliet: You kiss by th' book.
The neighborhood
- neighborby the numbers
- neighboraccording to Hoyle
- neighborlegalism
- neighborliteralism
- neighborproceduralism
- neighborto the letter
- neighborshipshape and Bristol fashion
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for by the book. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA