by the book

adjective as in dead-on

adjective as in exacting

adjective as in fair and square

adjective as in methodic

adjective as in methodical/methodic

adjective as in painstaking

adjective as in proper

adjective as in stern

adjective as in stringent

adjective as in systematical

adverb as in by the numbers

noun as in according to Hoyle

noun as in form