textbook

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ / /ˈtekst.bʊk/

Etymology: From text + book.

Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
“These figures are just too textbook, or papyrus-like, as if this information came off of a shelf in the Library of Alexandria”
Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
“textbook case”
“Every night had been clear and star-studded, the progression of the moon through its phases absolutely textbook, its dance with the planets visible in the ecliptic...”
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.”
“[…]Hilts and the commandant spar verbally in a very textbook shot/reverse shot scene, back and forth, “over the shoulder” of one interlocutor and then the other […]”
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.”
“So a lot of women will be very textbook if something meets the definition of sexual harassment, whereas a lot of men are more laissez-faire.”

Etymology: From text + book.

A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.