By the book synonyms | adjectives

Synonyms for By the book as an Adjective

• fair and square

  on the level
• straight
• kosher
• square
• on the level
• aboveboard
• honest
• on the up and up

  on the level
• by the numbers
• nit-picking
• precise
• onerous
• stringent
• harsh
• imperious
• strict
• painstaking
• rigorous
• rigid
• trying
• taxing
• burdensome
• careful
• critical
• difficult
• exigent
• finicky
• fussy
• grievous
• hard
• hypercritical
• oppressive
• particular
• persnickety
• picky
• severe
• stern
• tough
• unsparing
• weighty
• proper
• respectable
• moral
• correct
• polite
• becoming
• befitting
• comely
• conforming
• de rigueur