rulesy

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adjective

Overly particular about rules.

Scrabble 9

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adjectiverulesy (comparative rulesier, superlative rulesiest)

comparative rulesier · superlative rulesiest

  1. informalrareOverly particular about rules.

    People who get rulesy aren't as fun to get high with.

    2017 April 18, Dee Dussault, Ganja Yoga, Hay House, Inc, →ISBN
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    a very "rulesy" mainstream society in complete contradiction to the grandness of their larger ideas

    1997 October 3, Sanjiv K. Talwar, “eye guards - are they necessary”, in rec.sport.squash (Usenet)

    To get all rulesy and pedantic: The problem's not just the _base_ for Fatigue. It's the base for Fatigue _and_ all accompanying rules -- how you lose Fatigue, what the effects of that loss are, etc.

    2003 September 8, T. Bone, “Issues with ST and advice from GULLIVER”, in rec.games.frp.gurps (Usenet)

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