textbookish en · ADJ
Etymology
From textbook + -ish.
Meanings
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Characteristic of a textbook
Another shortcoming of After You're Out is a lack of the emotion-invoking personality that was so evident in Out Of The Closets […] most of the essays seem cold and clinical. In this respect, After You're Out seems textbookish.
1976 February 7, Mark N. Silber, “After You're Out Is the Post-Stonewall Guide to Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most textbookish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more textbookish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |