textbook
/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ adjective C2- Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
- Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook. · textbook case
- Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook. · Well done everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook.
- Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience. · He has a textbook understanding of company law but no practical experience of litigation.
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