textbook
- adjective
- /ˈtɛkstbʊk/
- His response was textbook, serving as a classic example of effective communication.
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Watch on YouTubeSo the cooperation was textbook perfect that day.
- So the cooperation was textbook perfect that day.
- So in theory, I mean, this is all textbook stuff that we know.
- But she was the the textbook definition of taciturn.
- And the type of signal that you get are these canonical textbook neural spiking waveform.
- But he's like, when you look at Trump, he's the most textbook narcissist you'll ever see in your life.
- I mean, that's just like classic, that's textbook hide in plain sight.
- But what we do know is what he did to me was textbook of what they would do to people.
- Very professional, you know, small to big, done like textbook.
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I mean, the delusions of grandeur or just textbook with this guy.
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So in theory, I mean, this is all textbook stuff that we know.
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I mean it's it's it's textbook how to get attention.
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And I'm just saying that while this is really a textbook ideal, it's hard.
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So I'm going with a little bit more of a textbook style approach now.
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I feel like Joe Sugg is literally textbook YouTube, consistent on it.
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Her explanation of the theory was textbook, illustrating the concept perfectly.
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The team's strategy was textbook, showcasing the classic approach to winning matches.
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Etymology
Textbook as an adjective comes from the idea of something you would find in a school textbook and so it describes a very typical or perfect example; a textbook case is one that exactly matches the usual pattern.