rulesy

Overly particular about rules.

Adjective

  1. Overly particular about rules.
    • 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):
    • 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,...
    • People who get rulesy aren't as fun to get high with. - 2017 April 18, Dee Dussault, Ganja Yoga, Hay House, Inc, →ISBN:

Origin

From rules + -y.

Forms

rulesier rulesiest