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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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No etymology was provided for this word.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: sääntöjen mukaan — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• French: à la lettre — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• French: au pied de la lettre — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• French: littéralement — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• French: dans les clous — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• German: vorschriftsmäßig — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• German: nach Vorschrift — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Italian: come da manuale — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Macedonian: прописно (propisno) — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Mon: နကဵုလိက်ဂှ် — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Polish: zgodnie z przepisami — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Russian: по всем правилам (po vsem pravilam) — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Russian: строго по инструкции (strogo po instrukcii) — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules
• Spanish: a toda ley — in a manner which adheres strictly to rules