Usually means: Strict adherence to established rules.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word by the book:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. by the book: Merriam-Webster
  2. by the book: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. by the book: Wordnik
  4. by-the-book, by the book: Wiktionary
  5. by the book: Dictionary.com
  6. By the Book (film), By the Book (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. by the book: FreeDictionary.org
  8. by the book: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. By the book: Phrase Finder
  10. by the book: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. by the book: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. by the book: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (By the Book)

noun:  "By the Book" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Peterson.
noun:  a 2013 comedy short film directed and written by Milan J. Glavies.

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