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textbookish
adjective text·book·ish \-ˌbu̇-kish\
Definition of TEXTBOOKISH
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a textbook <the style is heavy and textbookish — Nation>
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First Known Use of TEXTBOOKISH
1914
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