by-the-books

English

Adjective

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.