by-the-books

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by-the-books (comparative more by-the-books, superlative most by-the-books)

  1. Alternative form of by-the-book
    • 2023, Jerome Winter, “"There Is No War, There Is Only Harvest": Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect”, in BioWare's Mass Effect‎[1], →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37:
      The hostility Garrus nurtures for the ineffective Citadel Security Services (C-Sec) bureaucracy has an oedipal tinge since his father, Castis Vakarian, is an exemplary by-the-books C-Sec officer.
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