guidebookyadj.
/ˈɡʌɪdˌbʊki/ Resembling or characteristic of (that of) a guidebook; having the style of a guidebook.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adjective] > guidebook
periegetic1761
guidebooky1878
1878 A. Mackennal in D. Macfadyen Life & Lett. (1905) 72 This talk is a little guide-booky.
1895 Academy 23 Mar. 251/3 The guide-booky lines on p. 222 of the same volume.
Derivatives
ˈguideˌbookishly adv.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adverb] > in the manner of a guidebook
guidebookishly1882
1882 W. H. Russell Hesperothen I. 165 There are, I am told, nearly one hundred churches—to be guide-bookishly accurate, ninety-six—in Cleveland.
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adj.1878