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rulesy en · ADJ

Etymology

From rules + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal, rare) Overly particular about rules.
   • To get all rulesy and pedantic: The problem's not just the _base_ for Fatigue. It's the base for Fatigue _and_ all accompanying rules -- how you lose Fatigue, what the effects of that loss are, etc. 2003 September 8, T. Bone, “Issues with ST and advice from GULLIVER”, in rec.games.frp.gurps (Usenet):
   • People who get rulesy aren't as fun to get high with. 2017 April 18, Dee Dussault, Ganja Yoga, Hay House, Inc, →ISBN:
   • a very "rulesy" mainstream society in complete contradiction to the grandness of their larger ideas 1997 October 3, Sanjiv K. Talwar, “eye guards - are they necessary”, in rec.sport.squash (Usenet):

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