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rulesy

rulesy adjective: overly particular about rules.

Adjective

rulesy (comparative rulesier, superlative rulesiest)

  1. (informal, rare) Overly particular about rules.
    • a very "rulesy" mainstream society in complete contradiction to the grandness of their larger ideas1997 October 3, Sanjiv K. Talwar, “eye guards - are they necessary”, in rec.sport.squash (Usenet)
    • 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)

Forms of rulesy

comparativerulesier
superlativerulesiest

Origin of rulesy

From rules + -y.

Questions about rulesy

What does rulesy mean?
Rulesy means overly particular about rules.
What part of speech is rulesy?
Rulesy is an adjective.

Words near rulesy in the dictionary

  1. rulesets
  2. rulesier
  3. rulesiest
  4. rulesless
  5. rulest
  6. rulesy
  7. ruletaker
  8. ruletakers
  9. ruleth
  10. rulewriter
  11. rulewriting

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