One Who Goes Strictly By The Book Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
	38%	9		Gender expression that is neither strictly male nor strictly female
	noun • showing characteristics of both sexes
	38%	12		Opposite of strictly increasing or strictly decreasing
	adjective • not monotonic

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New York Times28 Jan 1989	Down 5
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