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To do something exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way

In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games

The customary or correct method or procedure

Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system

Sanctioned or authorized according to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted

Following the established standards of behavior or manners

Diligent in performing a process or procedure

According to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances

(of a person) Strictly conventional in one's manner or behavior

Making strict requirements

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Adverb

To do something exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way

according to Hoyle

in a systematic manner

“This new film avoids playing by the numbers and follows its own dead-on instincts.”

Noun

In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games

according to Hoyle

according to regulation

according to rule

Noun

The customary or correct method or procedure

social practice

do's and don'ts

course of action

accepted behaviour

way of doing things

matter of course

conventionalism

conventionality

rules of conduct

formal procedure

good behaviour^UK

good behavior^US

established way

proper behavior

appropriateness

social convention

organization^US

ceremoniousness

organisation^UK

conventionalities

formal courtesy

code of behavior^US

method of working

code of behaviour^UK

behavioral norm

acceptable behaviour

rules of behaviour

set of principles

religious ceremony

form of worship

organizing system

correct behaviour

correct behavior

usual procedure

operating procedure

instrumentation

code of conduct

set of procedures

logical process

frame of reference

systematic process

orderly process

set of guidelines

set of channels

order of things

accepted conduct

moral principles

set of standards

attention to detail

social niceties

social conventions

way of achieving

means of achieving

way of ensuring

means of ensuring

likely cause of

series of steps

punctiliousness

standard operating procedure

appropriate behavior

political correctness

social construct

custom and practice

established ways

traditional customs

polite behaviour

customary behaviour

proper behaviour

courses of action

manoeuvrings^UK

maneuverings^US

instrumentalities

proposed action

methods and means

stepping-stones

methods and resources

mission statements

vision statements

frames of reference

standard procedure

vision statement

stepping stones

mission statement

different approaches

guiding principle

synchronization^US

superintendency

superintendence

systematisation^UK

systematization^US

body of knowledge

synchronisation^UK

military science

military tactics

military sciences

defense mechanisms

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Adjective

Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system

systematized^US

well thought out

systematised^UK

running smoothly

well thought-out

straightened out

shipshape and Bristol fashion

energy-efficient

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Adjective

Sanctioned or authorized according to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted

according to the book

on the up and up

going by the rules

sanctioned by law

according to the law

legally acceptable

signed and sealed

legally binding

commonly accepted

generally accepted

widely recognized

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Adjective

Following the established standards of behavior or manners

cool as a cucumber

stick-in-the-mud

self-controlled

well brought up

prim and proper

self-respecting

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Adjective

Diligent in performing a process or procedure

selfdisciplined

going to great lengths

particularized^US

particularised^UK

well researched

telling it like it is

as it really happened

minding p's and q's

extremely careful

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

action-oriented

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Adjective

According to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances

long-established

according to Hoyle

playing it safe

standard operating procedure

run-of-the-mill

standardized^US

standardised^UK

common or garden

well established

tried and tested

across the board

well-established

taken for granted

systematized^US

recognizable^US

undistinguished

institutionalized^US

institutionalised^UK

recognisable^UK

systematised^UK

par for the course

middle-of-the-road

matter-of-course

dyed-in-the-wool

unsophisticated

in established usage

the order of the day

traditionalistic

officially recognized

making the rounds

doing the rounds

on everyone's lips

across-the-board

backward-looking

earlier generation

commonly accepted

generally accepted

widely recognized

individualistic

unextraordinary

nothing special

only to be expected

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Adjective

(of a person) Strictly conventional in one's manner or behavior

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

keeping people at arm's length

uncompanionable

self-restrained

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Adjective

Making strict requirements

dyed-in-the-wool

incontrovertible

rigidly enforced

closely controlled

strictly controlled

tough nut to crack

unaccommodating

bound and determined

self-opinionated

with a heart of stone

lacking compassion

standing one's ground

overextravagant

set in one's ways

set in your ways

self-abnegating

self-disciplined

not giving an inch

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