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/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ · noun
(education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges..
These figures are just too textbook, or papyrus-like, as if this information came off of a shelf in the Library of Alexandria
textbook case
Every night had been clear and star-studded, the progression of the moon through its phases absolutely textbook, its dance with the planets visible in the ecliptic...
Involuntarily it is practiced all the time, for instance when Shylock at the beginning of the trial describes himself as a very textbook example of a very bad and very common illness.
It's absolutely textbook! / The amount of trust Mia had in her future self was infinitesimal. Thus, she couldn't help but feel like there was something off about this name. / It's too textbook!
It seemed too textbook, too talk-showish, but it was true.
Well done everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook.
[…]Hilts and the commandant spar verbally in a very textbook shot/reverse shot scene, back and forth, “over the shoulder” of one interlocutor and then the other […]
Use textbook when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Textbook means (education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges..
Common synonyms include standard, text, schoolbook, casebook.
Possible antonyms include trade book, trade edition.
These figures are just too textbook, or papyrus-like, as if this information came off of a shelf in the Library of Alexandria
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